A KO is a

knockout A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, a ...

in various sports, such as boxing and martial arts. K.O., Ko or Kō may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

KO (musician) Ko Kapches (born c. 1986), better known by the stage name KO ( ), is a Canadian musician whose music is a mix of folk, hip hop, reggae, rock and R&B

, Canadian musician who plays a fusion of hip hop and folk music * ''K.O.'' (album), a 2021 album by Danna Paola *

K.O (rapper) Ntokozo Mdluli (born 13 October 1980), known professionally as K.O, is a South African rapper. He began his career as a member of Teargas, a hip hop group which released its debut album titled ''K'shubile K'bovu'' (2006), followed by ''Wafa Wa ...

, South African rapper Ntokozo Mdluli * Karen O (born 1978), lead singer of the rock group Yeah Yeah Yeahs * Kevin Olusola, American cellist, beatboxer and member of ''a cappella'' group Pentatonix * ''K.O.'', a 2008 album by

Rize Rize (Greek language, Greek: ρίζα, Laz language, Laz: რიზინი, Georgian language, Georgian: რიზე, , Ottoman Turkish: ريزه) is the capital city of Rize Province in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Rize ...

* "K.O.", a 2004 song by Smujji

Other media

Ko (Go) A ''ko'' (Japanese: コウ, 劫, ''kō'', from the translation of the Sanskrit term kalpa) fight is a tactical and strategic phase that can arise in the game of go. ''Ko'' threats and ''ko'' fights The existence of ''ko'' fights is implied by th ...

, in the board game ''Go'' * ''Ko'' (film), a 2011 Tamil action movie * ''

Knight Online Knight Online is an MMORPG developed by . Knight Online is officially free-to-play (although to connect to the most of the servers during prime time, paid premium is required), but there are some features that must be paid for. In addition, th ...

'', a 2004 online role-playing game

Language

Ko language The Fungor language, Ko (Kau) or Nyaro, is a Niger–Congo language of the Heiban family spoken in Kordofan Kordofan ( ar, كردفان ') is a former province of central Sudan. In 1994 it was divided into three new federal states: North ...

Ko (kana) こ, in hiragana or コ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both represent . The shape of these kana comes from the kanji 己. This character may be supplemented by a dakuten; it becomes ご in hiragana, ...

, the romanization of the Japanese kana こ and コ * ISO 639-1 code for the

Korean language Korean ( South Korean: , ''hangugeo''; North Korean: , ''chosŏnmal'') is the native language for about 80 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (geographic ...

Surname

Ko (Korean surname) Ko (Hanja: 髙, 高), also variously romanized Go, Goh, or Koh, is a common Korean family name. As of the 2000 South Korean census, there were 435,000 Kos in South Korea, accounting for just under 1% of the population. Liaoyang (Hanja: 遼陽) b ...

Gao (surname) Gao () is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin that can be literally translated as "high" or "tall". There are approximately 16 million living people with this surname. Some places, such as Taiwan, usually romanise this family name into "Kao". I ...

, a surname of Chinese origin romanized to Ko in Hong Kong *

Ke (surname) Ke () is a Chinese surname. It originally appeared on the Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2006 was no longer one of the top 100 most common surnames. A 2013 study found that it was the 145th most common surname, shared by 1.06 million people or 0.080 ...

, a Chinese surname romanized as "Ko" in the Wade–Giles system *

Xu (surname) Xu can refer to the following Chinese surnames that are homographs when Romanized using their Mandarin pronunciations: * Xu (surname 徐) * Xu (surname 許) * Xu (surname 須) The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone ...

, a surname of Chinese Xu and customarily spelled as Ko * Cody Ko, shortened stage name of Canadian comedian and internet celebrity Cody Michael Kolodziejzyk (born 1990)

People

* K.O (rapper) South African musician and businessman *

KO (musician) Ko Kapches (born c. 1986), better known by the stage name KO ( ), is a Canadian musician whose music is a mix of folk, hip hop, reggae, rock and R&B

, Canadian musician who plays a fusion of hip hop and folk music * *

Ko Simpson Yukota "Ko" Simpson (born November 9, 1983) is a former American football safety. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at South Carolina. He has also played for the Detroit ...

(born 1983), professional American football player for the Buffalo Bills * Kevin Owens, professional wrestler

Places

* Ko Mountain, the second-highest peak in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains of Russia *

Ko. Madhepura Ko. Madhepura is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 4,608. References

, Nepal, a village development committee * Ko, Lamphun, Thailand, a village and subdistrict * Kö, an urban boulevard in Düsseldorf, Germany

Science and technology

* Ko, an ancient Chinese weapon also known as a dagger-axe in English * Kō, a version of the foot plough used by the Māori people *

Gene knockout A gene knockout (abbreviation: KO) is a genetic technique in which one of an organism's genes is made inoperative ("knocked out" of the organism). However, KO can also refer to the gene that is knocked out or the organism that carries the gene kno ...

, a molecular biology genetic technique, abbreviated KO * Knowledge organization, branch of information science ** ''Knowledge Organization'', an academic journal published by the International Society for Knowledge Organization * kilo

octet (computing) The octet is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications that consists of eight bits. The term is often used when the term byte might be ambiguous, as the byte has historically been used for storage units of a variety of s ...

, a unit of information or computer storage *

Loadable kernel module In computing, a loadable kernel module (LKM) is an object file that contains code to extend the running kernel, or so-called ''base kernel'', of an operating system. LKMs are typically used to add support for new hardware (as device drivers) and/ ...

(file extension .ko)

Transportation

* Kō Station (Aichi) on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line in Japan * Kō Station (Tokushima) on the Tokushima Line in Japan * Alaska Central Express, IATA airline designator

Other uses

The Coca-Cola Company The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation founded in 1892, best known as the producer of Coca-Cola. The Coca-Cola Company also manufactures, sells, and markets other non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, ...

, stock ticker symbol and corporate internet domain ko.com * Civic Coalition (Poland), or Koalicja Obywatelska (KO), a Polish electoral alliance * Knock-off, a

counterfeit To counterfeit means to imitate something authentic, with the intent to steal, destroy, or replace the original, for use in illegal transactions, or otherwise to deceive individuals into believing that the fake is of equal or greater value tha ...

product *

Kemetic Orthodoxy Kemetic Orthodoxy is a new religious movement based on Kemeticism, which is a reconstruction of ancient Egyptian religion. It was founded in 1988 by Tamara Siuda, who remains its current Nisut or Pharaoh. Despite its name, Siuda considers Kemeti ...

, a religion *

Contracting Officer A Contracting Officer ( KO or CO ) is a person who can bind the Federal Government of the United States to a contract which is greater in value than the federal micro-purchase threshold ($10,000). This is limited to the scope of authority delegated ...

, US government acronym KO or CO * K.O., protagonist in ''

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes ''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'' is an American animated television series created by Ian Jones-Quartey for Cartoon Network. The show is based on Jones-Quartey's pilot ''Lakewood Plaza Turbo'', which was released as part of Cartoon Network's 2013 Su ...

'' * Ko Ukumori, a character in the air combat game '' The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces'' * Dukkha, the concept of unsatisfactoriness in Buddhism * Kick-off (association football), the time or manner of start of play * Kō, Japanese for incense; see Japanese incense ** Kōdō, the art of appreciating Japanese incense