Q is the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet. Q may also refer to:

People

* Q, pseudonym of Sir

Arthur Quiller-Couch Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (; 21 November 186312 May 1944) was a British writer who published using the pseudonym Q. Although a prolific novelist, he is remembered mainly for the monumental publication '' The Oxford Book of English Verse ...

, the Cornish writer * Q, pseudonym used by the originator of QAnon, an American far-right conspiracy theory * Q, pseudonym of

Quentin Elias Quentin Elias (10 May 1974 – 25 February 2014) was a French singer, actor and model. Of Algerian heritage, he was the original lead singer of the French boy band Alliage with Steven Gunnell, Roman Lata Ares and Brian Torres from 1996 to 2000. ...

in his appearances in gay porn site ''Randy Blue'' * Q, stage name for

Qurram Hussain Qurram Hussain is a Pakistani Canadian musician and member of JoSH, a Montreal-based South Asian fusion band, which has released four albums and 17 music videos internationally. Hussain has created remixes with Domeno, Priyanka Chopra, Pitbull, N ...

of JoSH * Q, nickname for NBA assistant coach Bruce Fraser * Q, or Q Martel, nicknames of

Giffard Le Quesne Martel Lieutenant-General Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel (10 October 1889 – 3 September 1958) was a British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. Familiarly known as "Q Martel" or just "Q", he was a pioneering British militar ...

* Q, nickname for

Joel Quenneville Joel Norman Quenneville (born September 15, 1958) is a Canadian– American ice hockey coach and former player in the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Coach Q", he is second in NHL coaching wins at 969 behind Scotty Bowman. Quenneville a ...

* Q, nickname of

Qaushiq Mukherjee Qaushiq Mukherjee (born 1975), popularly known as Q, is an Indian film director known for his controversial cult film ''Gandu''. Mukherjee grew up in Kolkata and was educated at South Point High School. He completed his bachelor's degree from U ...

, an Indian film director * Q, nickname of

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...

* Q, nickname of American basketball player

Quintin Dailey Quintin "Q" Dailey (January 22, 1961 – November 8, 2010) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'3" guard who played collegiately at the University of San Francisco, he later went on to a career in the NBA, playing for the Chicago ...

(1961–2010) * Q, nickname of former American football player

Anquan Boldin Anquan Kenmile Boldin Sr. (; born October 3, 1980) is a former American football wide receiver who played 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida State University and was drafted by the Arizona ...

* Q, main dancer and vocalist of South Korean boy band

The Boyz Boyz or The Boyz may refer to: Music Bands * The Boyz (German band), a German boy band of the 1990s * The Boyz (American band), an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, established in 1975 *The Boyz (South Korean band) The Boyz () ...

Maggie Q Margaret Denise Quigley ( Vietnamese: Lý Mỹ Kỳ; born May 22, 1979), professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American actress, activist, and model. She began her professional career in Hong Kong, with starring roles in the action films ''Gen ...

(born 1979), American actress *

Schoolboy Q Quincy Matthew Hanley (born October 26, 1986), better known by his stage name Schoolboy Q (stylized as ScHoolboy Q), is an American rapper. In 2009, Hanley signed to Carson-based independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and in late ...

, rapper *

Stacey Q Stacey Lynn Swain (born November 30, 1958), known by her stage name Stacey Q, is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Her best-known single, John Mitchell's " Two of Hearts", released in 1986, reached number one in Canada, nu ...

, disco singer *

Brian "Q" Quinn Brian Michael "Q" Quinn (born March 14, 1976) is an American podcaster, improvisational comedian, and actor. He is a member of The Tenderloins, a comedy troupe also consisting of Sal Vulcano, James Murray, and formerly Joe Gatto. Along with t ...

, member of the American comedy troupe The Tenderloins

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

Q (James Bond) Q is a fictional character in the James Bond films and film novelisations. Q (standing for Quartermaster), like M, is a job title rather than a name. He is the head of Q Branch (or later Q Division), the fictional research and development divisi ...

, a character in the ''James Bond'' novels and films * Q (''Star Trek''), a character and the name of the character's species * Q (''Street Fighter''), a character from the video game series ''Street Fighter'' * Q, an amnesiac child from the video-game ''

Zero Time Dilemma ''Zero Time Dilemma'', also known as ''Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma'', is an adventure video game developed by Chime, and published by Spike Chunsoft and Aksys Games. It is the third entry in the '' Zero Escape'' series, following ''Nine Hou ...

'' * Quinton "Q" Brooks, a character from the TV series ''

Moesha ''Moesha'' () is an American television sitcom that aired on UPN from January 23, 1996, to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Denise Mitchell, an African-American teenager living with her upper middle class fami ...

'' * Ah Q, the main character in the novella ''

The True Story of Ah Q ''The True Story of Ah Q'' is an episodic novella written by Lu Xun, first published as a serial between December 4, 1921 and February 12, 1922. It was later placed in his first short story collection ''Call to Arms'' (吶喊, Nàhǎn) in 192 ...

'' * The Q, a character from the TV series ''

The Lost Islands ''The Lost Islands'' is an Australian television series which first aired in Australia on Network Ten. It later screened around the world, including the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Greece (and various other p ...

'' * Kyu, a character in the dating simulation videogame ''

HuniePop ''HuniePop'' is a tile-matching and dating sim adult video game created by American game designer Ryan Koons, under the alias of HuniePot. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux-based personal computers in January 2015, ...

Literature

* ''Q'' (magazine), British music magazine **

Q Awards The Q Awards were the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine '' Q''. Since they began in 1990, the Q Awards became one of Britain's biggest and best publicised music awards. Locations for the awards ceremony included Abbey Road Studio ...

, yearly music awards given by ''Q'' magazine * ''Q'' (novel), historical novel by Luther Blissett first published in Italian in 1999 *

Q source The Q source (also called Q document(s), Q Gospel, or Q; from german: Quelle, meaning "source") is a hypothetical written collection of primarily Jesus' sayings (λόγια : ). Q is part of the common material found in the Gospels of Matthew ...

, also known as Q document, a hypothetical early Gospel writing (Bible) * ''

"Q" Is for Quarry ''"Q" Is for Quarry'' is the 17th novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels and features Kinsey Millhone, a private eye based in Santa Teresa, California. Plot summary While moving into her new office, Kinsey Millhone receives ...

'', the seventeenth novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet mystery" series, published in 2002

Music

Q (1970s band) Q was a disco group formed in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA. They released an album on Epic Records entitled ''Dancin' Man'' in 1977, which was successful. The group featured two members from Jaggerz, a hit-making group from the early 1970s. The ...

, an American disco group *

SSQ (band) SSQ (formerly Q) is a synthpop outfit consisting of Stacey Swain, Jon St. James, and past members include Dan Van Patten and John Van Tongeren, Rich West, Karl Moët and Skip Hahn. Their debut album ''Playback'' received praise from critics ...

, formerly Q, an American synth-pop band * ''Q'' (album), Japanese language album by Mr. Children, 2000 * ''Q'', jazz album by

Tom Hasslan Tom Hasslan (born 1983) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist. He was born in Kongsberg. He is mainly known as a member of the Krokofant trio with drummer Axel Skalstad and saxophonist Jørgen Mathisen. Discography ; With Soft Ffog * 2022: ''Soft F ...

's Krokofant * "Q" (song), by Mental Cube (The Future Sound of London), 1990 * "Q", a song by

AAA AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to: Airports * Anaa Airport in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA) * Logan County Airport (Illinois) (FAA airport code AAA) Arts, entertainment, and ...

, 2006

Networks, stations, and channels

Q (TV network) Q (formerly QTV, standing for Quality TeleVision) was a television network in the Philippines run by GMA Network Inc. through Citynet Network Marketing and Productions, Inc. The network primarily aired lifestyle programs and dramas partic ...

, Philippine network previously known as Quality TeleVision (QTV) *

ARY Qtv ARY QTV, formerly known as Quran Television (QTV), is a Pakistani television channel with a Sunni Islam belief, that produces programs mainly having focus on the Ahlesunnat wal Jamaat. QTV is part of the ARY Digital Network of Pakistan. The c ...

, a Pakistani television channel *

Q Radio Q Radio was an online, DAB and DTV radio station, broadcasting on digital television across the UK and online. The station launched in June 2008 as an alternative to the UK's rock and alternative stations, with a strong relationship with Q ...

, a UK radio station run by ''Q'' magazine *

Q Television Network Q Television Network was a shortlived American cable television channel which aired programming targeted to the lesbian, gay, and bisexual audiences.David Bauder"Three new television networks seeks (sic) out gay and lesbian audiences" '' The ...

, an American cable television network *

Q TV Q was a UK music channel based on Q Magazine, launched on 2 October 2000. It was operated by Box Television, and specialised in indie, rock and alternative. It was available in the UK on Sky channel 364 and Virgin Media channel 338. In Ir ...

, a UK music channel based on ''Q'' magazine

Other titled works

* ''Q'' (1982 film), horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen (Also known as ''Q – The Winged Serpent'') * ''Q'' (2011 film), French film * ''q'' (radio show), CBC Radio One show, formerly called ''Q'' * ''Q'' (TV series), Spike Milligan's BBC2 comedy series that ran between 1969 and 1983 *Q, the production code for the 1965 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''

The Space Museum ''The Space Museum'' is the seventh serial of the second season in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Written by Glyn Jones and directed by Mervyn Pinfield, it was broadcast on BBC1 in four weekly parts from 24 ...

Business and government

* Q (dairy), Norwegian dairy brand *

Q clearance Q clearance or Q access authorization is the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance required to access Top Secret Restricted Data, Formerly Restricted Data, and National Security Information, as well as Secret Restricted Data. Restr ...

, United States Department of Energy security clearance *

Q Score The Q Score (popularly known as Q-Rating) is a measurement of the familiarity and appeal of a brand, celebrity, company, or entertainment product (e.g., television show) used in the United States. The higher the Q Score, the more highly regarded th ...

, in marketing, way to measure the familiarity of an item *

Q Theatre The Q Theatre was a British theatre located near Kew Bridge in Brentford, west London, which operated between 1924 and 1958. It was built on the site of the former Kew Bridge Studios. The theatre, seating 490 in 25 rows with a central aisle, ...

, a theatre in London, England *

Q-telecom Q-Telecom was the fourth mobile telephony provider in Greece. It began operation in June 2002. As of 2008, it called itself "Q" and called its services "MyQ." The company provided GSM phone service, supported by LMDS and backbone networks, and c ...

, Greek operator *

Motorola Q The Motorola Q is a Windows Mobile smartphone first announced in the Summer of 2005 as a thin device with similar styling to Motorola's immensely popular RAZR. Motorola in a partnership with Verizon Wireless released the Q on May 31, 2006. A vers ...

, smartphone released in 2006 *

Pentax Q The Pentax Q is a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera introduced by Pentax on June 23, 2011. Characteristics Introduced as "The world's smallest interchangeable lens system camera…" The Pentax Q system is composed of four bodies (Q, Q10, Q-7 ...

, mirrorless interchangeable lens camera released in 2011 *

Tobin's q Tobin's q (or the q ratio, and Kaldor's v), is the ratio between a physical asset's market value and its replacement value. It was first introduced by Nicholas Kaldor in 1966 in his paper: ''Marginal Productivity and the Macro-Economic Theories ...

, a financial ratio developed by James Tobin

Computing and computer games

Q (cipher) In cryptography, Q is a block cipher invented by Leslie McBride. It was submitted to the NESSIE project, but was not selected. The algorithm uses a key size of 128, 192, or 256 bits. It operates on blocks of 128 bits using a substitution–perm ...

, encryption algorithm *

Q (emulator) Q is a free emulator software that runs on Mac OS X, including OS X on PowerPC. Q is Mike Kronenberg's port of the open source and generic processor emulator QEMU. Q uses Cocoa and other Apple technologies, such as Core Image and Core Audio, to ...

, open-source x86 emulator for Mac OS X * Q (equational programming language), functional programming language based on term rewriting *

Q (game engine) Q is a 3D engine / tech development platform / interoperability standard developed by the London-based developer Qube Software. Overview Qube has made considerable claims for Q. Its lead designers, Servan Keondjian and Doug Rabson, have point ...

, 3D middleware from Qube Software *

Q (number format) The Q notation is a way to specify the parameters of a binary fixed point number format. For example, in Q notation, the number format denoted by Q8.8 means that the fixed point numbers in this format have 8 bits for the integer part and 8 bits ...

, fixed-point number format built into certain computer processors *

Q (programming language from Kx Systems) Q is a programming language for array processing, developed by Arthur Whitney. It is proprietary software, commercialized by Kx Systems. Q serves as the query language for kdb+, a disk based and in-memory, column-based database. Kdb+ is ba ...

, array processing language *

Q (software) Q is a computer software package for molecular dynamics (MD) simulation (current release: Q6). Unlike other MD codes, it has specialized since its conception (Marelius et al. 1998) on three specific types of free energy calculations. These calcul ...

, a computer software package for molecular dynamics simulation *

Q Sharp Q# (pronounced as ''Q sharp'') is a domain-specific programming language used for expressing quantum algorithms. It was initially released to the public by Microsoft as part of the Quantum Development Kit. History Historically, Microsoft Res ...

(Q#), domain-specific programming language * Q, a channel service in

QuakeNet QuakeNet is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network, and was one of the largest IRC networks. The network was founded in 1997 by Garfield (Henrik Rasmussen, Denmark) and Oli (Oli Gustafsson, Sweden) as a new home for their respective countries' Quak ...

's IRC services *

Panasonic Q The is a home video game console developed and released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in PAL territories in 2002. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 (1996), and predecessor of the Wii ...

, a hybrid video game console between a GameCube and a DVD player, manufactured by Nintendo and Panasonic *

Q Entertainment was a Japanese video game developer. The studio created, produced, and published digital entertainment content across multiple game consoles, PC broadband and mobile units. It was founded on October 10, 2003 by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, formerly of S ...

, developer of Rez HD and the Lumines and Meteos games *

Q-Games Q-Games, Limited is a video game developer based in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan which works closely with both Nintendo and Sony. Foundation Q-Games was founded by Dylan Cuthbert, who previously worked at Argonaut Software and helped create '' ...

, developer of the Pixel Junk series of PlayStation 3 games

Engineering

* Q, the standard abbreviation for an electronic

transistor upright=1.4, gate (G), body (B), source (S) and drain (D) terminals. The gate is separated from the body by an insulating layer (pink). A transistor is a semiconductor device used to Electronic amplifier, amplify or electronic switch, switch ...

, used e.g. in circuit diagrams * Q the

first moment of area The first moment of area is based on the mathematical construct moments in metric spaces. It is a measure of the spatial distribution of a shape in relation to an axis. The first moment of area of a shape, about a certain axis, equals the sum ove ...

, used in calculating shear stress distributions * Q, the

reactive power Reactive may refer to: *Generally, capable of having a reaction (disambiguation) *An adjective abbreviation denoting a bowling ball coverstock made of reactive resin * Reactivity (chemistry) * Reactive mind * Reactive programming See also * Rea ...

component of apparent power * Q Factor (bicycles), the width between where the pedals attach to the cranks *

Q factor In physics and engineering, the quality factor or ''Q'' factor is a dimensionless parameter that describes how underdamped an oscillator or resonator is. It is defined as the ratio of the initial energy stored in the resonator to the energy ...

or Q in resonant systems, a measurement of the effect of resistance to oscillation

Linguistics

Voiceless uvular stop The voiceless uvular plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is pronounced like a voiceless velar plosive , except that the tongue makes contact not on the soft palate but on the uvula. The symbol in t ...

in the International Phonetic Alphabet * Abbreviation for

Question A question is an utterance which serves as a request for information. Questions are sometimes distinguished from interrogatives, which are the grammatical forms typically used to express them. Rhetorical questions, for instance, are interrogat ...

Mathematics

\mathbb

or Q, set of all

rational number In mathematics, a rational number is a number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction of two integers, a numerator and a non-zero denominator . For example, is a rational number, as is every integer (e.g. ). The set of all ra ...

s * Q, the

Quaternion group In group theory, the quaternion group Q8 (sometimes just denoted by Q) is a nonabelian group, non-abelian group (mathematics), group of Group order, order eight, isomorphic to the eight-element subset \ of the quaternions under multiplication. ...

* Q,

Robinson arithmetic In mathematics, Robinson arithmetic is a finitely axiomatized fragment of first-order Peano arithmetic (PA), first set out by R. M. Robinson in 1950. It is usually denoted Q. Q is almost PA without the axiom schema of mathematical induction. Q is ...

, a finitely axiomatized fragment of Peano Arithmetic * Q value in statistics, the minimum

false discovery rate In statistics, the false discovery rate (FDR) is a method of conceptualizing the rate of type I errors in null hypothesis testing when conducting multiple comparisons. FDR-controlling procedures are designed to control the FDR, which is the expe ...

at which the test may be called significant

Science

Biology and chemistry

* Q, the symbol for

discharge (hydrology) In hydrology, discharge is the volumetric flow rate of water that is transported through a given cross-sectional area. It includes any suspended solids (e.g. sediment), dissolved chemicals (e.g. CaCO3(aq)), or biologic material (e.g. diatoms) in ad ...

* q, an abbreviation for "every" in

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, and Health promotion ...

* Q, abbreviation for the amino acid,

glutamine Glutamine (symbol Gln or Q) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Its side chain is similar to that of glutamic acid, except the carboxylic acid group is replaced by an amide. It is classified as a charge-neutral ...

* Q, abbreviation for

quinone The quinones are a class of organic compounds that are formally "derived from aromatic compounds benzene.html" ;"title="uch as benzene">uch as benzene or naphthalene] by conversion of an even number of –CH= groups into –C(=O)– groups with ...

* q, designation for the Locus (genetics), long arm of a chromosome * Q,

reaction quotient In chemical thermodynamics, the reaction quotient (''Q''r or just ''Q'') is a dimensionless quantity that provides a measurement of the relative amounts of products and reactants present in a reaction mixture for a reaction with well-defined overal ...

Cardiac output In cardiac physiology, cardiac output (CO), also known as heart output and often denoted by the symbols Q, \dot Q, or \dot Q_ , edited by Catherine E. Williamson, Phillip Bennett is the volumetric flow rate of the heart's pumping output: th ...

(Q), the volume of blood pumped by each ventricle per minute *

Coenzyme Q Coenzyme Q, also known as ubiquinone and marketed as CoQ10, is a coenzyme family that is ubiquitous in animals and most bacteria (hence the name ubiquinone). In humans, the most common form is coenzyme Q10 or ubiquinone-10. It is a 1,4-benzoq ...

, a carrier in electron transport *

Haplogroup Q (mtDNA) In human mitochondrial genetics, haplogroup Q is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup typical for Oceania. It is a subgroup of haplogroup M29'Q. Origin Haplogroup Q is a descendant of haplogroup M. Distribution Today, mitochondrial DN ...

, a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup *

Haplogroup Q-M242 (Y-DNA) Haplogroup Q or Q-M242 is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. It has one primary subclade, Haplogroup Q1 (L232/S432), which includes numerous subclades that have been sampled and identified in males among modern populations. Q-M242 is the predomina ...

, a Y-chromosomal DNA (Y-DNA) haplogroup *

Q value (nuclear science) In nuclear physics and chemistry, the value for a reaction is the amount of energy absorbed or released during the nuclear reaction. The value relates to the enthalpy of a chemical reaction or the energy of radioactive decay products. It can be ...

, the differences of energies of the parent nuclides to the daughter nuclides

Physics and astronomy

* Q or q,

dynamic pressure In fluid dynamics, dynamic pressure (denoted by or and sometimes called velocity pressure) is the quantity defined by:Clancy, L.J., ''Aerodynamics'', Section 3.5 :q = \frac\rho\, u^2 where (in SI units): * is the dynamic pressure in pascals ...

Max q The max q or maximum dynamic pressure condition is the point when an aerospace vehicle's atmospheric flight reaches the maximum difference between the fluid dynamics total pressure and the ambient static pressure. For an airplane, this occurs at ...

* Q,

electric charge Electric charge is the physical property of matter that causes charged matter to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. Electric charge can be ''positive'' or ''negative'' (commonly carried by protons and electrons respecti ...

* q,

elementary charge The elementary charge, usually denoted by is the electric charge carried by a single proton or, equivalently, the magnitude of the negative electric charge carried by a single electron, which has charge −1 . This elementary charge is a funda ...

* Q,

Fusion energy gain factor A fusion energy gain factor, usually expressed with the symbol ''Q'', is the ratio of fusion power produced in a nuclear fusion reactor to the power required to maintain the plasma in steady state. The condition of ''Q'' = 1, when the power ...

* Q,

heat In thermodynamics, heat is defined as the form of energy crossing the boundary of a thermodynamic system by virtue of a temperature difference across the boundary. A thermodynamic system does not ''contain'' heat. Nevertheless, the term is ...

* q,

momentum transfer In particle physics, wave mechanics and optics, momentum transfer is the amount of momentum that one particle gives to another particle. It is also called the scattering vector as it describes the transfer of wavevector in wave mechanics. In the ...

* Q,

quasar A quasar is an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN). It is pronounced , and sometimes known as a quasi-stellar object, abbreviated QSO. This emission from a galaxy nucleus is powered by a supermassive black hole with a mass rangin ...

* q, quecto-, a

metric prefix A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or submultiple of the unit. All metric prefixes used today are decadic. Each prefix has a unique symbol that is prepended to any unit symbol. The pr ...

of 10^-30 * Q, quetta-, a

of 10³⁰ * Q, Toomre's Stability Criterion * Q,

volumetric flow rate In physics and engineering, in particular fluid dynamics, the volumetric flow rate (also known as volume flow rate, or volume velocity) is the volume of fluid which passes per unit time; usually it is represented by the symbol (sometimes ). I ...

* q,

quark A quark () is a type of elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter. Quarks combine to form composite particles called hadrons, the most stable of which are protons and neutrons, the components of atomic nuclei. All common ...

Sports

Great Southern Bank Arena Great Southern Bank Arena (originally known as JQH Arena) is an indoor arena in Springfield, Missouri. The arena opened in 2008. It is located on the campus of Missouri State University and is the home of the Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears ba ...

, formerly JQH Arena, a nickname for the arena on the campus of Missouri State University *

Q (San Jose Earthquakes mascot) The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete as a member club of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). Originally as the San Jose Clash, the franchis ...

, furry blue mascot of the Major League Soccer team San Jose Earthquakes *

San Diego Stadium San Diego Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium on the west coast of the United States, in San Diego, California. The stadium opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium and was known as Jack Murphy Stadium from 1981 to 1997. From 1997 to 2017, the stadium ...

, later Qualcomm Stadium, a nickname for a stadium in San Diego, California *

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (french: Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec; abbreviated ''QMJHL'' in English, ''LHJMQ'' in French) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The l ...

, often referred to as "The Q" * Q, a nickname for

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse is a multi-purpose arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The building is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League (AHL). It also serv ...

, Cleveland, Ohio; from the arena's previous name, Quicken Loans Arena

Transportation

Q (New York City Subway service) The Q Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton Local is a rapid transit service in the B Division (New York City Subway), B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored since it uses the BMT Broadway Line in M ...

Q-ship Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. This gave Q-ships the chance to open f ...

, converted merchant vessels with concealed armament intended to lure and destroy submarines

Other uses

Q Society of Australia The Q Society of Australia Inc. was a far-right, Islamophobic and homophobic organisation that opposed Muslim immigration and the presence of Muslims in Australian society. Q Society described itself as "Australia's leading Islam-critical org ...

, right-wing, anti-Islamic political society * Q, a nickname for

Chuluaqui-Quodoushka Chuluaqui Quodoushka (''CHOO-la-kway Kwuh-DOE-shka'') is a collection of sexual techniques and theories developed and promoted by the Deer Tribe Medicine Society, a New Age new religious movement and business co-founded by Harley Reagan and Diane R ...

, a series of New Age sexual meditation exercises developed by Harley Reagan *

Quintals The quintal or centner is a historical unit of mass in many countries which is usually defined as 100 base units, such as pounds or kilograms. It is a traditional unit of weight in France, Portugal, and Spain and their former colonies. It is com ...

, an archaic method of measuring crop yield, was often abbreviated as q * Quarter, as in "Q1", "Q2", "Q3" and "Q4", a three-month period in a

calendar year Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day, and thus consists of a whole number of days. A year can also be measured by starting on any ...

Q. texture In Taiwan, Q () is a culinary term for the ideal texture of many foods, such as noodles or Boba tea, boba, and fish balls and fish cakes. Sometimes translated as "chewy", the texture has been described as "The Asian version of Al dente, al-dente ...

, a Taiwanese term describing the ideal texture of many foods *Initiative Q, a new payment network and digital currency devised by Saar Wilf *List of military time zones#Q">Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...