Pak
Encyclopedia
People
- Greg PakGreg PakGreg Pak is an American New York-based film director/comic book writer, known for his work on such books featuring the Hulk.-Early life:Pak is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a member of the Purple Crayon improv group, and studied history at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and film at...
- Igor PakIgor PakIgor Pak is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, working in combinatorics and discrete probability...
- Pak Nam-CholPak Nam-CholPak Nam-Chol may refer to:* Pak Nam-Chol , North Korea midfielder, currently playing for April 25* Pak Nam-Chol , North Korea defender, currently playing for Amrokgang* Pak Nam-Chol...
- Pak (Korean name), 박, also romanized Park
Places
- PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
(mainly used as an adjective) - The 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...
identification code and the vehicle registration plate of PAK - Pakistan-administered KashmirPakistan-administered KashmirAzad Kashmir borders the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north west, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of People's Republic of China to the north and the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir, to the east.A...
- Pak, AfghanistanPak, AfghanistanPak is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan.-External links:*...
, a village in Badakhshan Province - Pak Tea HousePak Tea HousePak Tea House was an intellectual cafe in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan that has traditionally been frequented by the city's artistic, cultural and literary personalities. Some of the most well-known regulars were Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ibn-e-Insha, Ahmed Faraz, Saadat Hasan Manto, Muneer Niazi, Mira Ji,...
, a café in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Science and technology
- p21 activated kinase, any of a family of enzymes
- PAK (file format)PAK (file format)The .PAK extension is frequently used as an abbreviation of "package" and there are many different formats.There is no standard for this extension.Applications using .PAK files are typically, but not only, video games.- Uses :Examples include:...
- 2.PAK2.PAKThe 2.PAK language is an artificial intelligence language with coroutines.It is based on the 1.PAK and the Simula 67 languages and it was designed in 1975. The main goal of its design was to provide a good set of primitive types for the AI applications....
, an artificial-intelligence language
Entertainment
- PakPAK (band)PAK is a New York City based band. They are signed to John Zorn's Tzadik label.PAK was originally formed by Ron Anderson in 2000, after he spent some time with The Molecules. The original line-up consisted of Anderson, Jesse Krakow, Will Redmond, and Race Age. This line-up released the album 100%...
, a project of Ron Anderson (musician)Ron Anderson (musician)Ron Anderson is a New York City based internationally known musician and composer. He is known for collaborations with many famous musicians, and has a large catalog of releases and compositions.-Molecules:... - NintendoNintendois a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
game cartridges and accessories are called paks:- Controller Pak, the Nintendo 64's memory card
- Expansion Pak, a RAM add-on for Nintendo 64
- Rumble PakRumble PakThe is a removable device from Nintendo which provides force feedback while playing video games. Games that support the Rumble Pak cause it to vibrate in select situations, such as when firing a weapon or receiving damage, to immerse the player in the game. Versions of the Rumble Pak are available...
, a haptic feedback device - Transfer Pak, a data-transfer device
- Tremor PakTremor PakThe Tremor Pak is a third-party version of the Nintendo 64's official Rumble Pak, a device designed to vibrate the N64 controller during selected games to enhance realism...
, a third-party Rumble Pak
- Fanny PakFanny PakFanny Pak is a seven member contemporary, hip-hop and jazz trained dance crew from Los Angeles, California that gained popularity after appearing on the second season of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew. Often while performing, the crew wears bright clothes and bold patterns reminiscent of the 1980s...
, a Los Angeles based dance crew - Pak ProtectorPak ProtectorPak Breeders and Pak Protectors are two forms of fictional life in Larry Niven's Known Space universe. The Pak first appeared in "The Adults," which appeared in Galaxy in 1967; this story was expanded into the novel Protector by Larry Niven...
, a form of life in Larry Niven's Known Space fictional universe
Other
- Panhellenic Liberation MovementPanhellenic Liberation MovementThe Panhellenic Liberation Movement , also known by its acronym PAK, was one of the many anti-dictatorial movement organisations that campaigned against the 1967-1974 military regime of Greece...
- In IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Usually used as mister or father: Dear Pak ... - PanzerabwehrkanonePanzerabwehrkanonePanzerabwehrkanone:* 3.7 cm PaK 36* 7.62 cm PaK 36* 5 cm PaK 38* 7.5 cm PaK 97/38* 7.5 cm PaK 40* 4.2 cm PaK 41* 7.5 cm PaK 41* 8.8 cm PaK 43* 12.8 cm PaK 44...
, abbreviated PaK, German antitank gun - Paak, an Islamic religious term describing something clean, as opposed to najis (unclean)
- Tetra PakTetra PakTetra Pak is a multinational food processing and packaging company of Swedish origin. It was founded in 1951 in Lund, Sweden, by Ruben Rausing. It was Erik Wallenberg who invented the tetrahedral package, today known as Tetra Classic...
(of Swedish origin), a multinational food packaging company