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

People

* Q, pseudonym of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, 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 * Q, nickname for Joel Quenneville * Q, nickname of Qaushiq Mukherjee, an Indian film director * Q, nickname of Quincy Jones * Q, nickname of American basketball player Quintin Dailey (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 Ca ...

* Q, main dancer and vocalist of South Korean boy band The Boyz * Maggie Q (born 1979), American actress * Schoolboy Q, 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, n ...

, 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 (James Bond), M, is a job title rather than a name. He is the head of Q Branch (or later Q Division), the fictional research and dev ...

, 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'' * 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 famil ...

'' * Ah Q, the main character in the novella '' The True Story of Ah Q'' * The Q, a character from the TV series '' The Lost Islands'' * Kyu, a character in the dating simulation videogame '' HuniePop''

Literature

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

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

Music

* Q (1970s band), an American disco group * SSQ (band), 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, 2006

Networks, stations, and channels

* Q (TV network), 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, a UK radio station run by ''Q'' magazine * Q Television Network, an American cable television network * Q TV, 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''

Business and government

Q (dairy) Q or Q–meieriene is a private dairy products company based in Bergen, Norway. It is owned by the Kavli Group (''Kavli Holding AS'') which in turn is owned by the Kavli Trust (''Kavlifondet''). It was founded in 2000 and operates two dairies; ...

, Norwegian dairy brand * Q clearance, United States Department of Energy security clearance * Q Score, in marketing, way to measure the familiarity of an item * Q Theatre, 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, 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- ...

, mirrorless interchangeable lens camera released in 2011 * Tobin's q, a financial ratio developed by James Tobin

Computing and computer games

* Q (cipher), 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 base ...

, 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#), domain-specific programming language * Q, a channel service in QuakeNet's IRC services * Panasonic Q, a hybrid video game console between a GameCube and a DVD player, manufactured by Nintendo and Panasonic * Q Entertainment, developer of Rez HD and the Lumines and Meteos games * Q-Games, developer of the Pixel Junk series of PlayStation 3 games

Engineering

* Q, the standard abbreviation for an electronic transistor, used e.g. in circuit diagrams * Q the first moment of area, 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 *Reactanc ...

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 los ...

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

Linguistics

* Voiceless uvular stop in the International Phonetic Alphabet * Abbreviation for Question

Mathematics

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or Q, set of all rational numbers * Q, the Quaternion group * Q, Robinson arithmetic, a finitely axiomatized fragment of Peano Arithmetic * Q value in statistics, the minimum false discovery rate 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 * Q, abbreviation for the amino acid, glutamine * Q, abbreviation for

quinone The quinones are a class of organic compounds that are formally "derived from aromatic compounds

uch as benzene or naphthalene Uch ( pa, ; ur, ), frequently referred to as Uch Sharīf ( pa, ; ur, ; ''"Noble Uch"''), is a historic city in the southern part of Pakistan's Punjab province. Uch may have been founded as Alexandria on the Indus, a town founded by Alexand ...

by conversion of an even number of –CH= groups into –C(=O)– groups with any necessary rearrangement of double ...

* q, designation for the long arm of a chromosome * Q, reaction quotient *

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: t ...

(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), 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 **

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 * 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 fundame ...

* Q, Fusion energy gain factor * Q, heat * q, momentum transfer * Q,

quasar A quasar is an extremely Luminosity, 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 m ...

* q, quecto-, a metric prefix of 10^-30 * Q, quetta-, a metric prefix 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 commonly o ...

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), furry blue mascot of the Major League Soccer team San Jose Earthquakes * San Diego Stadium, later Qualcomm Stadium, a nickname for a stadium in San Diego, California * Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, often referred to as "The Q" * Q, a nickname for Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Ohio; from the arena's previous name, Quicken Loans Arena

Transportation

* Q (New York City Subway service) * Q-ship, 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 orga ...

, 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 co ...

, 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 o ...

* Q. texture, a Taiwanese term describing the ideal texture of many foods *

Initiative Q Quahl ( ), formerly known as Initiative Q, was an attempt to create a new payment network and digital currency. It was created by Israeli entrepreneur Saar Wilf, who previously founded Fraud Sciences, a payment security company acquired by PayPa ...

, a new payment network and digital currency devised by Saar Wilf * Quebec, the military time zone code for UTC−04:00 * Sky Q, a subscription-based television and entertainment service * The Q (nightclub), an LGBT nightclub in New York City