PK or pk may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Gaming

Probability of kill Computer games, simulations, models, and operations research programs often require a mechanism to determine statistically how likely the engagement between a weapon and a target will result in a satisfactory outcome (i.e. "kill"), known as the prob ...

(P_k), in computer games, simulations, models, and operations research * '' Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows'', a 2002 video game *

Player killing Player versus player (PvP) is a type of multiplayer interactive conflict within a game between human players. This is often compared to player versus environment (PvE), in which the game itself controls its players' opponents. The terms are mo ...

, player versus player conflict in MMORPGs and MUDs

Other media

* ''PK'' (film), a 2014 Indian film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and starring Aamir Khan *

Paperinik Donald Duck, a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company, is today the star of dozens of comic-book and comic-strip stories published each month (in certain parts of the world, each week) around the world. In many European countries, ...

, a cartoon character * Peacekeepers (''Farscape''), in the ''Farscape'' television show

Organisations

Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan International Airlines ( ur, ; abbreviated PIA, ur, ) is an international airline that serves as the national flag carrier of Pakistan under the administrative control of the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan for Aviation. It ...

(IATA airline code) * Polyteknikkojen Kuoro, a Finnish academic male choir *

Promise Keepers Promise Keepers is an Evangelical Christian parachurch organization for men. It originated in the United States, but independent branches have also been established in Canada and New Zealand. Promise Keepers describes its goal as "to bring abo ...

, a Christian men's organization * Swedish Publicists' Association (Swedish: ), Swedish journalist organization

People

P.K (producer) Future house is a house music genre that emerged in the 2010s in the United Kingdom, described as a fusion of deep house, UK garage and incorporating other elements and techniques of other Electronic dance music, EDM genres. It is high in ene ...

, of the South Korean music production duo Future Bounce *

P. K. van der Byl Pieter Kenyon Fleming-Voltelyn van der Byl (11 November 1923 – 15 November 1999) was a Rhodesian politician who served as his country's Foreign Minister from 1974 to 1979 as a member of the Rhodesian Front (RF). A close associate of Pr ...

(1923–1999), Rhodesian politician * P. K. Subban (born 1989), hockey player *

Paul Kalkbrenner Paul Kalkbrenner () (born 11 June 1977) is a German musician, producer of electronic music and actor. Because he breaks down his tracks into elements that are reassembled onstage, Kalkbrenner is considered a live act, as opposed to a DJ. He is ...

(born 1977), electronic musician *

Phil Katz Phillip Walter Katz (November 3, 1962 – April 14, 2000) was a computer programmer best known as the co-creator of the Zip file format for data compression, and the author of PKZIP, a program for creating zip files that ran under DOS. A ...

(1962–2000), creator of the PKZIP file compression software * Philip K. Wrigley (1894–1977), American chewing gum manufacturer *

Paul Kagame Paul Kagame (; born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who is the 4th and current president of Rwanda since 2000. He previously served as a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a Uganda-based rebel ...

(born 1957), President of Rwanda *

Patricia Karvelas Patricia Karvelas (born 29 January 1981) is an Australian radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent. Karvelas currently hosts ''RN Breakfast'' on Radio National. Early life Karvelas was born in Australia to Gree ...

, Australian radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent

Places

* PK, or Busan–Gyeongnam Area, a metropolitan area in South Korea *

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

(ISO country code) *

Possum Kingdom Lake Possum Kingdom Lake (popularly known as P.K.), is a reservoir on the Brazos River located primarily in Palo Pinto County Texas. It was the first water supply reservoir constructed in the Brazos River basin. The lake has an area of approximately ...

, Texas, US * Pickering, Ontario, Canada *

Peking } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, old name of Beijing

Science and technology

Chemistry and pharmacology

* pK, negative logarithm of the dissociation constant K (-logK) * Pharmacokinetics, a branch of pharmacology dedicated to determining the fate of substances administered to a living organism

Computing

* PK, a magic number commonly used in the Zip file format *

.pk .pk is the designated Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for Pakistan. PKNIC is the only organization endorsed by the Government of Pakistan to undertake the administration of 'pk' domain names. PKNIC is a non-profit making, non-s ...

, the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for Pakistan * Port knocking, a method of externally opening ports on a firewall *

Public-key cryptography Public-key cryptography, or asymmetric cryptography, is the field of cryptographic systems that use pairs of related keys. Each key pair consists of a public key and a corresponding private key. Key pairs are generated with cryptographic alg ...

Other uses in science and technology

PK machine gun The PK (russian: Пулемёт Калашникова, transliterated as ''Pulemyot Kalashnikova'', or "Kalashnikov's machine gun"), is a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, chambered for the 7.62×54mmR rimmed cartridge. Designed in the ...

, a Soviet weapon, abbreviated from ''Pulemyot Kalashnikova'' (Kalashnikov machine gun) *

Horsepower Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power, or the rate at which work is done, usually in reference to the output of engines or motors. There are many different standards and types of horsepower. Two common definitions used today are t ...

(Dutch abbreviation ''paardenkracht'') *

Pentax K-mount The Pentax K-mount, sometimes referred to as the "PK-mount", is a bayonet lens mount standard for mounting interchangeable photographic lenses to 35 mm single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras. It was created by Pentax in 1975, and has since be ...

, a camera lens mount *

Catalogue of galactic planetary nebulae An astronomical catalogue is a list or tabulation of astronomical objects, typically grouped together because they share a common type, morphology, origin, means of detection, or method of discovery. Astronomical catalogs are usually the result of ...

(Perek-Kohoutek), in astronomy *

Renault PK The P.K was a car made by Pars Khodro between 2000 and 2005 using the body of the first-generation Renault 5 and the engine of the Kia Pride. "P.K" is an acronym for Pars Khodro. After 24 years of manufacture of the Renault 5 as the Sepand in Ir ...

, a car made by Pars Khodro between 2000 and 2005

Sports

* Parkour, the activity or sport of moving rapidly through an area, typically urban, negotiating obstacles by running, jumping, and climbing * Penalty kick (association football) *

Penalty kill Short-handed is a term used in ice hockey and several related sports, including water polo, and refers to having fewer skaters (players) on the ice during play, as a result of a penalty. The player removed from play serves the penalty in the pen ...

, in ice hockey * Placekicker, in American football

Other uses

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Point kilométrique A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the route relative to so ...

'' (English: Kilometric point), a measurement of distance travelled *

Preacher's kid Preacher's kid is a term to refer to a child of a preacher, pastor, deacon, vicar, lay leader, priest, minister or other similar church leader. Although the phrase can be used in a purely descriptive way, it may also be used as a stereotype. ...

, a child of a pastor * SAS ''President Kruger'' (F150), a former ship of the South African Navy *

Psychokinesis Psychokinesis (from grc, ψυχή, , soul and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), or telekinesis (from grc, τηλε, , far off and grc, κίνησις, , movement, label=ㅤ), is a hypothetical psychic ability allowing a person ...

, an alleged psychic ability allowing a person to influence objects without physical interaction * Pre-kindergarten * Indonesia (

aircraft registration An aircraft registration is a code unique to a single aircraft, required by international convention to be marked on the exterior of every civil aircraft. The registration indicates the aircraft's country of registration, and functions much lik ...

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