A kick start 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 ...

, 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, a professional network from Yahoo! * BlackBerry KickStart, the codename for the Pearl smartphone *

Kickstart (orthosis) Cadence Biomedical is a medical device company that provides orthotic products to help individuals with severe mobility impairments to walk again. The company is located in Seattle, Washington and was founded in 2007 under the name Empowering Engi ...

, the Kickstart Walking System by Cadence Biomedical

Organizations

Kickstart Kids Kickstart Kids is a martial arts character development program non-profit organization, formed by Chuck Norris on August 16, 1990 as the Kick Drugs Out of America Foundation. History On August 16, 1990, the Kick Drugs out of America Foundation ...

, 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 smallholding, smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, in order to enable a trans ...

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

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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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