Jenkins may refer to:
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Jenkins (name)
Jenkins is a surname that originated in Cornwall, but came to be popular in southern Wales. The name "Jenkin" originally meant "little John" or "son of John". The "kin" portion is of Dutch language, Dutch or Danish language, Danish origin (''-kijn ...
, history of the surname
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List of people with surname Jenkins
This is a list of real and fictional surnamed Jenkins.
* See Jenkins (name) for the etymology of related first and last names.
Real people
The following is a list of real people surnamed Jenkins.
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*Ab Jenkins (1883–1956), American racing ...
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The Jenkins, country music group
Places
United States
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Jenkins, Illinois
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Jenkins, Kentucky
Jenkins is a home rule-class city in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,203 as of the 2010 census.
History
In autumn of 1911, the Consolidation Coal Company purchased the current location of Jenkins as part of a ...
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Jenkins, Minnesota
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Jenkins, Missouri
Jenkins is an unincorporated community in Barry County, Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List ...
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Jenkins County, Georgia
Jenkins County is a county located in the southeastern area of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,674. The county seat is Millen. Historic and bountiful Magnolia Springs State Park is located between Millen ...
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Jenkins Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota
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Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Jenkins Township is a Township (Pennsylvania), township in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,282 at the 2020 census.
History Settlement
Isaac Gould and Joseph Gardner were the first p ...
Other
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Jenkins (crater), on the Moon and VA
Politics and history
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Jenkins Commission (UK)
The Independent Commission on the Voting System, popularly known as the Jenkins Commission after its chairman Roy Jenkins, was a commission into possible reform of the United Kingdom electoral system.
The commission
The commission was set up i ...
, an English voting reform commission
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Jenkins Commission (EU)
The Jenkins Commission was the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1977 to 6 January 1981. Its President was Roy Jenkins.
Work
It was the successor to the Ortoli Commission and was succeeded by the Thorn Commission. Despite s ...
, a European monetary commission
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War of Jenkins' Ear
The War of Jenkins' Ear was fought by Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and History of Spain (1700–1808), Spain between 1739 and 1748. The majority of the fighting took place in Viceroyalty of New Granada, New Granada and the Caribbean ...
, a colonial war between Britain and Spain
Software
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Jenkins (software)
Jenkins is an open source automation server. It helps automate the parts of software development related to building, testing, and deploying, facilitating continuous integration, and continuous delivery. It is a server-based system that run ...
, a continuous integration tool
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Jenkins hash function
The Jenkins hash functions are a family of non-cryptographic hash functions for multi-byte keys designed by Bob Jenkins. The first one was formally published in 1997.
The hash functions
one_at_a_time
Jenkins's one_at_a_time hash is adapted here ...
Other
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Jenkins activity survey Within human psychology, the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) is one of the most widely used methods of assessing Type A behavior. The Jenkins Activity Survey is a psychometric survey of behavior and attitude designed to identify persons showing signs ...
, a psychological assessment tool
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Jenkins (drinking game)
Up Jenkins, also known by the shortened name Jenkins, is a party game in which players conceal a coin (or ring, button, etc.) in their palm as they slap it on a table with their bare hands. The goal of the game is for the players on the team with ...
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"Jenkins" (''How I Met Your Mother''), a television episode
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Leeroy Jenkins
Leeroy Jenkins is a player character created by Ben Schulz in Blizzard Entertainment's multiplayer online video game ''World of Warcraft''.
The character was popularized in a 2005 viral video of game footage. In the video, having been absent ...
, an Internet meme related to ''World of Warcraft''
See also
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Hundred of Jenkins, a region in South Australia
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Jenkin
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Jenkyns
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Justice Jenkins (disambiguation)
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Jenkins Group
Jenkins Group, Inc. is a book publishing and marketing company based in Traverse City, Michigan, USA. It was established in 1988 as Publisher's Design Service and Publisher's Distribution Service, then was incorporated as Jenkins Group in 1995. It ...
, a publishing company
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