KP
Encyclopedia
Groups and organizations
- Kashmiri PanditKashmiri PanditThe Kashmiri Pandits are a Hindu Brahmin community originating from Kashmir, a mountainous region in South Asia.-Background:The Hindu caste system of the region was influenced by the influx of Buddhism from the time of Asoka, around the third century BCE, and a consequence of this was that the...
, a person who belongs to a sect of Hindu Brahmins originating from Kashmir - Kaiser PermanenteKaiser PermanenteKaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield...
, a U.S. health maintenance organization - Kenya PoliceKenya PoliceThe Kenya Police is a national body in charge of law enforcement in the East Africa State of Kenya. While organised at a national level, each arm reports to a Provincial police authority, which in turn divides its force by local Police Divisions, headquartered at local police stations...
- KP SnacksKP SnacksKP Snacks is a British producer of branded and own-label maize and potato based snacks, "Choc Dips" and nuts. The KP originally stood for Kenyon Produce. The company is based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England....
, a United Kingdom food manufacturer - Keith ProwseKeith ProwseKeith Prowse is a trading name currently used by two separate companies. Within the United Kingdom it is used by the Sport, Leisure and Hospitality Division of Compass Group Plc , the company operates at numerous prestigious venues for many of the world's most iconic sporting and cultural events...
, a United Kingdom Corporate Hospitality provider - Konstabularyo ng PilipinasPhilippine ConstabularyThe Philippine Constabulary ' was the oldest of four service commands of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It was a gendarmerie type para-military police force of the Philippines established in 1901 by the United States-appointed administrative authority replacing the Guardia Civil...
, the Filipino name of the Philippine Constabulary (PC), a defunct police force of the Philippines - .kp.kp.kp is the Internet country code top-level domain of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea . It was created on September 24, 2007.-Usage:...
, the Internet domain name for North Korea - Korean Pride
In science
- Keratosis pilarisKeratosis pilarisKeratosis pilaris is a common, autosomal dominant, genetic follicular condition that is manifested by the appearance of rough bumps on the skin...
, a human genetic disorder, also known as "chicken skin" - Kilogram-forceKilogram-forceA kilogram-force , or kilopond , is a gravitational metric unit of force. It is equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by one kilogram of mass in a gravitational field...
("kilopond"), a unit measure of force - Kilopascal (kP), a unit of pressure
- Kilopixel (1,000 pixels), a measure of image resolution
- Kp (digraph)
- Kp index, a measure of the global average geomagnetic potential
- Kripke-Platek set theory, a mathematical axiom system
- Keypulse signal of R1 multi-frequencyMulti-frequencyIn telephony, multi-frequency signaling is an outdated, in-band signaling technique. Numbers were represented in a two-out-of-five code for transmission from a multi-frequency sender, to be received by a multi-frequency receiver in a distant telephone exchange...
signaling - Kp, the equilibrium constant expressed in terms of pressures
- Knowledge-based processorKnowledge-based processorKnowledge-based processors are used for processing packets in computer networks. Knowledge-based processors are essential for the long term success of the IPv6 . The buildout of the IPv6 network is inevitable as it provides the means to an improved and secure networking system...
, a technology used in computer sciences
Places
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a Pakistani province
- KP (Kings Point) United States Merchant Marine AcademyUnited States Merchant Marine AcademyThe United States Merchant Marine Academy is one of the five United States Service academies...
- ISO 3166ISO 3166ISO 3166 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization . It defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, special areas of geographical interest, and their principal subdivisions . The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation...
Country codeCountry codeCountry codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1...
for North KoreaNorth KoreaThe Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
Miscellaneous
- KP dutyKP dutyKP duty is "kitchen police" or "kitchen patrol" work under the kitchen staff assigned to junior U.S. enlisted military personnel. "KP" can be either the work or the personnel assigned to perform such work. In the latter sense it can be used for either military or civilian personnel assigned or...
"kitchen police" or "kitchen patrol", U.S. military slang for mess-hall duties - Knight of the Order of St. PatrickOrder of St. PatrickThe Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick is a British order of chivalry associated with Ireland. The Order was created in 1783 by George III. The regular creation of knights of Saint Patrick lasted until 1921, when most of Ireland became independent as the Irish Free State...
(postnomial KP) - Kernel panicKernel panicA kernel panic is an action taken by an operating system upon detecting an internal fatal error from which it cannot safely recover. The term is largely specific to Unix and Unix-like systems; for Microsoft Windows operating systems the equivalent term is "Bug check" .The kernel routines that...
, a computer crash in which the kernel of the system is halted - Kennywood Park, an amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania