kick start Kick start is a method of starting an internal combustion engine (usually that of a motorcycle) by pushing a ratcheting lever with one's foot. Kick start mechanisms were almost universally a part of motorcycle engines before the mid-1970s, and w ...

is the task of using the foot to start a motorcycle. The term may also refer to:

Technology

Kickstart (Amiga) Kickstart is the bootstrap firmware of the Amiga computers developed by Commodore International. Its purpose is to initialize the Amiga hardware and core components of AmigaOS and then attempt to boot from a bootable volume, such as a floppy di ...

, the bootstrap of the Amiga computers developed by Commodore *

Kickstart (Linux) The Red Hat Kickstart installation method is used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and related Linux distributions to automatically perform unattended operating system installation and configuration. Red Hat publishes Cobbler as a tool to autom ...

, a network installation system for some Linux distributions *

Yahoo! Kickstart Yahoo! Kickstart was a professional network created by Yahoo! for college students, recent graduates, employers and alumni. The service was similar to LinkedIn, initially aimed at connecting students and alumni of the same university professionall ...

, a professional network from Yahoo! * BlackBerry KickStart, the codename for the Pearl smartphone * Kickstart (orthosis), the Kickstart Walking System by Cadence Biomedical

Organizations

* Kickstart Kids, a US charity founded by Chuck Norris *

Kickstarter Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...

, a US-based global crowdfunding platform *

KickStart International KickStart International is a nonprofit social enterprise headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. KickStart designs and mass-markets climate-smart irrigation technology to smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, in order to enable a transition from ...

, a non-profit organization that provides irrigation technology to farmers in Africa

Entertainment

* ''Kick Start'' (TV series), a UK television series on motor bike competitions, and a spinoff computer game * ''Kick Start'' (album), an album by the English band The Lambrettas * "Kick Start", single by

Jerry Harrison Jeremiah Griffin Harrison (born February 21, 1949) is an American songwriter, musician, producer, and entrepreneur. He began his professional music career as a member of the cult band the Modern Lovers before becoming keyboardist and guitarist ...

* "Kickstarts" (song), a 2010 song by Example

Other uses

* Kickstart,

Homes and Communities Agency Homes England is the non-departmental public body that funds new affordable housing in England. It was founded on 1 January 2018 to replace the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). HCA in turn was established by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2 ...

funding programme for private housing in the UK

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