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Kleinstocks The Kleinstocks were a set of triplets that are comic book fictional characters, and are mutant supervillains, in the Marvel Comics universe. The three brothers names are Harlan, Sven and Eric, they were created by Scott Lobdell and Brandon Peterson and first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #298 (March 1993).
Kleitomachos (athlete) Kleitomachos (Greek: Κλειτόμαχος, variously also transliterated Cleitomachus or Clitomachus) was a Theban athlete considered a formidable boxer. His achievements were recounted by Pausanias, who notes that he won the boxing and pankration at the 141 Olympiad in 216 BCE, the pankration at three Pythian Games, and the wrestling, boxing, and pankration at an Isthmian Games.
Kleitomachos (philosopher) Kleitomachos (Greek: Κλειτόμαχος, variously also transliterated Cleitomachus or Clitomachus), originally named Hasdrubal (187-109 BCE) was a Carthaginian who came to Athens around 146 BCE and studied philosophy under Carneades, whom he succeeded as head of the New Academy in 126 BCE.
Klemens Wenzel von Metternich Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar Fürst von Metternich-Winneburg-Beilstein (May 15, 1773 – June 11, 1859) was an Austrian politician and statesman and perhaps the most important diplomat of his era. He was a major figure on the negotiations leading to the Congress of Vienna and is considered both a paradigm of foreign policy management and a major figure on the development of diplomacy.
Klement Gottwald Klement Gottwald (November 23, 1896, Dědice (Vyškov), South Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Czechia) - March 14, 1953) was a Czechoslovakian Communist politician, longtime leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ or CPCz or CPC), prime minister and president of Czechoslovakia.
Klemheist knot The Klemheist knot (or Machard knot) is a type of friction hitch, used as part of a system to ascend or descend a climbing rope. As with other friction knots, it grips the rope when weight is applied and is free to move when the weight is released.
Klemperer rosette A Klemperer rosette is a gravitational system of a number of heavier and lighter bodies, set out in a regular repeating pattern around a common barycenter, around which they all orbit. The simplest rosette would be series of four alternating heavier and lighter bodies, 90 degrees from one another, in a rhombic configuration [Heavy, Light, Heavy, Light], where the two heavier masses weigh the same, and likewise the two lighter masses weigh the same.
Klemzig, South Australia Klemzig is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is the location of the first settlement of German emigrants to Australia in the 19th century and is named after a village in Silesia, where they originated from.
Klenie Bimolt Klena "Klenie" Geertje Bimolt (born June 8, 1945 in Assen, Drenthe) is a former swimmer from The Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the 4x100 medley relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics. She did so together with het team mates Corrie Winkel, Ada Kok and Erica Terpstra.
Klenová castle Klenová castle (Czech: Hrad a zámek Klenová) is a large castle located in southern Bohemia near the town of Klatovy. Only ruins remain from the original castle but new buildings were added in the 19th century.
Kleo Kleo is an unsigned Greek-Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal. Her music is widely classified as lo-fi, one-take folk music, and her musical attitude has often been compared to Cat Power and Iron and Wine.
Kleobis and Biton Kleobis and Biton is the name of two figures in Greek legend. It is also the name conventionally given to a pair of lifesize Archaic Greek statues, or kouroi, which are now in the Archaeological Museum at Delphi, Greece.
Kleodora In Greek mythology, Kleodora was one of the prophetic Thriai, goddesses who divined the future by throwing stones or pebbles. She and her sisters Melaina, and Daphnis, lived on Mount Parnassus in Phocis and was loved by Poseidon.
Kleopatra Farri Kleopatra Farri(Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φαρρη) is one of Greece's newest fashion models. She is currently being represented by Ace Models Agency, her face appearing on the covers of numerous fashion magazines and advertisements such as Vogue, Canon and Hugo Boss.
Kleophon Painter The "Kleophon Painter" is the name given to an anonymous Athenian vase painter in the red figure style who flourished in the mid-to-late 5th century BCE. He is thus named because one of the works attributed to him bears an inscription in praise of a youth named Kleophon.
Kleophrades Painter The "Kleophrades Painter" (or Cleophrades Painter) is the name given to an anonymous Athenian vase painter flourishing between about 505 BCE and 475 BCE, whose work is considered to be amongst the finest of the red figure style. The appellation was given him in 1910 by classicist John Beazley, who identified the work of this artist on a cup by the potter Kleophrades, now in Paris.
Klepht Klephts (Greek κλέφτης, pl. κλέφτες - kleftis, kleftes, "thieves") were nationalistic bandits and warlike mountain folk who lived in the Greek countryside when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire.
Kleptocracy Kleptocracy (sometimes Cleptocracy) (root: Klepto+cracy = rule by thieves) is a pejorative, informal term for a government that is primarily designed to sustain the personal wealth and political power of government officials and their cronies (collectively, kleptocrats).
Kleptomania (album) Kleptomania (released Autumn 2004) was the 'lost' fourth album by English rock group Mansun. Rather than being a fully fledged final album it's more a collection of recordings which were destined for the 4th album, mixed by Paul Draper following the bands split with no involvement from the other band members.
Kleptoparasitism Kleptoparasitism or cleptoparasitism (literally, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding where one animal takes prey from another that has caught, killed, or otherwise prepared it, including stored food provisions, as in the case of cuckoo bees, which lay their eggs on the pollen masses made by other bees. Kleptoparasitism is also 'stealing' nest material or other inanimate objects from one animal by another.
Kleshay Kleshay were an all female British R&B trio from the 1990's who had two top 40 hits. Their first track was "Reasons", this track made number 33 in 1998, this got them onto Trevor Nelson's the lick pick of the week.
Klesie Kelly Klesie Kelly is an American opera singer and teacher born in Kentucky, USA, currently living and working in Cologne, Germany. She has given concerts in Europe, the USA and Japan and made several tv and radio performances.
Klete Keller Klete Keller (born March 21, 1982 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American swimmer who won medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 400m Freestyle and the 4x200m Freestyle relay. In the 4x200m Freestyle relay, Keller held off a charging Ian Thorpe in the anchor leg to win the race by 0.
Kleve Kleve , traditionally known in English as Cleves (Dutch: Kleef) is a city in the north-west of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, near the Dutch border and the river Rhine, at . Population: 49,398 (2002), Area 97.
Kleve (district) Cleves (Kleve in German and these days also usually in English) is a Kreis (local-government district) in northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Borken, Wesel, and Viersen in Germany, and the Dutch provinces of Limburg and Gelderland.
KlezKanada KlezKanada is a yearly Klezmer music and Yiddish culture festival that takes place at the end of August at Camp B'Nai Brith, a Jewish children's camp North of Montreal. Participants come from across Canada and the United States, as well as Europe and Israel, to immerse themselves in a week of Klezmer music and Yiddish language.
Klezmer Klezmer (from Yiddish כּלי־זמיר, etymologically from Hebrew k'li zemer כלי זמר, "musical instrument") is a musical tradition which parallels Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism. Around the 15th century, a tradition of secular (non-liturgical) Jewish music was developed by musicians called kleyzmorim or kleyzmerim.
Klezmer Conservatory Band The Klezmer Conservatory Band is an Boston-based group which performs traditional klezmer music; it was formed by Hankus Netsky of the New England Conservatory of Music in 1980. Originally formed for a single concert, they have gone on to release eleven albums.
Klezmer-loshn Klezmer-loshn (Yiddish: Musician's Tongue) is an extinct derivative of the Yiddish language. It was a slang or argot used by travelling Jewish musicians, known as klezmorim (klezmers), in Eastern Europe prior to the 20th Century.
Klick Klick (sometimes spelled click, but that may also mean one minute of arc when adjusting the sighting system on a weapon such as a rifle) is a common military term meaning kilometer when referring to distance or kilometers per hour (km/h) when referring to speed. Its use became popular among soldiers in Vietnam during the 1960s, although veterans of the war recall its usage as early as the 1950s.
Klickibunti Klickibunti is a German term which translates roughly as "Clicki-colourfuli" (the is are used just to make the term sound even more ridiculous and childish). It is a derisive term for overblown Graphical User Interfaces, with the implicit assertion being that a simpler scheme or a nice Command line interface would be superior.
Klickitat Street Klickitat Street is a street located in Northeast Portland, Oregon. The area near 33rd Avenue is the home of fictional characters created by children's author Beverly Cleary, such as Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby and Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby.
Klieger Aliav Ruth Klieger Aliav Ruth, born Klieger Aliav Polishuk (1914—1979), was a Jewish Zionist activist, assisting in the Aliya Beth before and after World War II, and later a figure in the Mossad. Born in Chernivtsi (then in Romania, nowadays in Ukraine), she was a graduate from the University of Vienna who could speak nine languages.
Klik Klik or Click is a term used to describe a graphical method or point and click method to develop software. Klik provides a more intuitive and high level method over traditional line-upon-line programming languages.
Klik & Play Klik & Play is a software application that allows its users to create video games using a range of pre-existing artwork and animations and a range of GUI tools to create stand alone Microsoft Windows applications. Klik & Play is a script-free programming tool for non-technical users that utilizes its point-and-click interface to create software by clicking buttons, navigating menus and dragging elements on screen.
Klimavichy Klimavichy (; ; Łacinka: Klimavičy) is a city in the western Belarusian Mahilyow Voblast. Klimavichy is located 124 km west of Mahilyow on the bank of Kalinica River and is the administrative center of the Klimavichy Raion since 1924.
Kliment Andreev Kliment Andreev, AKA Chombe, (Macedonian: Климент Андреев - Чомбе) is a software developer from Republic of Macedonia, currently residing in USA. He is most famous as developer of Macedonian computer games for DOS and Windows, which were distributed via BBS networks in the early 1990s, and by freeware and shareware websites such as the Macedonian Shareware Web Archive in the late 1990s.
Kliment Voroshilov tank The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) tanks were a series of Soviet heavy tanks, named after the Soviet defense commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov. At the time of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II, these were amongst the large number of Soviet tanks that were superior to German tanks.
Klimov The Kirill Klimov OKB under the direction of Vladimir Yakovlevich Klimov (Владимир Яковлевич Климов) (1892-1962) designed engines for Soviet aircraft. The OKB was formed in the early 1930s to produce and improve upon the liquid-cooled Hispano-Suiza 12Y V-12 piston engine for which USSR acquired a license.
Klina Klina (Serbian: Klina or Клина ; Albanian: Klinë ) is a city and municipality in central Kosovo, a Serbian province under UN administration. It is located at the confluence of the river Klina into the White Drin.
Klina River The Klina (Albanian: Klina; Serbian Cyrillic: Клина) is a river in Kosovo (a Serbian province under UN administration), a 62 km-long left tributary to the White Drin. It flows entirely within the Kosovo proper.
Klinai Klinai were the couches used by the Ancient Romans in their Convivia. Three Klinai were arranged in a 'U' shape, which together with the adjoining 'T' formed the Triclinium, which was where the dinner guests reclined during the meal.
Klinaklini River The Klinaklini River is one of the major rivers of the Pacific Ranges section of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia. It begins in the northern basins of the Pantheon Range to the north of Mount Waddington and briefly heads northeast onto the Chilcotin Plateau before bending around northwestwards to turn around south, reaching its mouth at the head of Knight Inlet after c.
Kling Kling is an architectural and engineering firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1946 by Vincent Kling, FAIA, it has grown to become the largest architecture firm in Philadelphia, and one of the largest in the world.
Kling Klang Klatch Kling Klang Klatch (1992) is a graphic novel written by Ian McDonald and illustrated by David Lyttleton. The narrator, a hard-bitten teddy bear detective named Marcus McBear, tries to solve the murder of a panda showgirl, a mystery which leads him into the corruption deeply rooted within Bear City's ruling class.
Klingenberg Klingenberg was a Principality of northwestern Bavaria and northeastern Baden-WĂĽrttemberg, Germany. In 1789, it became a short-lived partition of Stephanswald-Franconia containing the traditional German lands of Schwarzenberg.
Klingenberg Case The Klingenberg Case is the courtroom case which the 2005 movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose, by Scott Derrickson, was based. An upcoming German-language film called Requiem, by Hans-Christian Schmid, has been announced, with the individuals involved promising to stay truer to the real-life events.
Klingon Klingons (Klingon: tlhIngan) are a warrior race in the fictional Star Trek universe. They were recurring antagonists in Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) and later became the uneasy allies of the United Federation of Planets.
Klingon Civil War In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Klingon Civil War was the culmination of the power struggle between Gowron and the House of Duras, which continued even after Duras himself was killed by Lieutenant Worf in 2367.
Klingon High Council In the fictional Star Trek universe the Klingon High Council (in Klingon tlhIngan yejquv) is the supreme ruling body of the Klingon Empire. The council meets at the Great Hall of the First City of the Klingon Empire on the planet Qo'noS (also known as Kronos in Federation Standard).
Klingon Language Institute The Klingon Language Institute (KLI) is a Flourtown, Pennsylvania based organization devoted to studying and teaching the constructed language, Klingon from the Star Trek science fiction universe. It was founded in 1992, and publishes a quarterly journal called HolQeD (language science).
Klingon starships The Star Trek fictional universe has presented a number of designs for Klingon starships. Starships of the Klingon Empire, in contrast to Federation starships (especially Starfleet ships of the 24th century), are spartan and utilitarian in nature.
Klingspor Museum The Klingspor-Museum is a museum in Offenbach, Germany, for the art of modern book production, typography and type. It includes a collection of the fine art books from Karl Klingspor, one of the owners of Gebr.
Klip Klip is an XML file that contains markup, styles and JavaScript that provides the KlipFolio platform with rules for the retrieval, interpretation, and presentation of arbitrary information sources such as web pages, RSS feeds, and proprietary XML back-ends. The Klip file extension is ".
Klippel-Feil syndrome Klippel-Feil syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by the congenital fusion of any 2 of the 7 cervical (neck) vertebrae. It is caused by a failure in the normal segmentation or division of the cervical vertebrae during the early weeks of fetal development.
Klipper Klipper is a clipboard utility for the KDE interface. It allows users of Linux-based operating systems running the KDE desktop environment to access a history of X Selections, any item of which can be reselected for pasting.
Klipsch Klipsch Audio Technologies is one of the most successful consumer and professional speaker companies in America. Founded in Hope, Arkansas in 1946 by Paul Klipsch as Klipsch and Associates, it produces loudspeaker drivers and enclosures, as well as complete loudspeakers for home audio, theater sound systems, public address applications, and even personal computers.
Klipspringer The Klipspringer (literally "rock jumper" in Afrikaans), Oreotragus oreotragus, also known colloquially as a mvundla (from Xhosa "umvundla", meaning "rabbit"), is a small African antelope that lives from the Cape of Good Hope all the way up East Africa and into Ethiopia.
Kliptown Kliptown, a suburb of the former black township of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa, located about 17km south-west of Johannesburg. The population of Kliptown is between 38,000 and 45,000 (City of Johannesburg official web site).
Kliros The kliros (Greek: κλήρος, plural κλήροι, "kliroi"; Slavonic: клирос, "kliros" or sometimes крилос,"krilos") is the section of an Eastern Orthodox Church dedicated to the choir. It refers both to the general space in which chanters or singers assemble for the services, as well as to the actual musical stand or shelves on which music is stored and read.
Klis Klis is a village in central Dalmatia, Croatia, located just northeast of Solin and Split near the eponymous mountain pass. It has a population of 2,557, totalling 4,367 together with the eight other villages in its municipality (census 2001).
Klogg Klogg is the central villain in both The Neverhood and Skullmonkeys. In the former, he was created by King Hoborg to enjoy companionship within the Neverhood; however, he had stolen Hoborg's crown and became the new ruler of the Neverhood, causing Hoborg to fall into a deep sleep.
Klondike (electoral district) Klondike is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It was the only seat won by the Yukon Party in the 2000 territorial election.
Klondike bar The Klondike bar is a brand name for a dessert generally consisting of a vanilla ice cream square coated with a thin layer of chocolate. They are generally wrapped with a silver-colored wrapper, upon which the mascot for the brand, a polar bear, appears.
Klondike Derby A Klondike Derby is an annual event held by some Boy Scouts of America councils during the winter months. At a Klondike Derby, each troop within the council brings a dog sled, usually one that they have constructed as a troop project.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park commemorating the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. The park consists of four units: three in and around Skagway, Alaska and a fourth in the Pioneer Square National Historic District in Seattle, Washington.
Klondike River The Klondike River is a tributary of the Yukon River in Canada and gave its name to the Klondike Gold Rush. The Klondike river has its source in the Ogilvie Mountains and flows into the Yukon River at Dawson City.
Klondike Smith Armstrong Frederick "Klondike" Smith (January 4, 1887 - November 15, 1959) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He started the last seven games of the 1912 season for the New York Highlanders, who were 50-102 and finished in last place in the American League.
Klondike, Yukon The Klondike née Clondike is a region of the Yukon Territory in northwest Canada, east of the Alaska border. It lies around the Klondike River, a small river that enters the Yukon River from the east at Dawson.
Klonk Klonk, southwest of Prague, Czech Republic, is the location of the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) which marks the boundary between the Devonian and Silurian periods on the geologic time scale. Klonk was the first formally agreed upon GSSP, having been ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences in 1972.
Klonoa Klonoa (クロノア, Kuronoa), sometimes referred to as Klonoa of the Wind (風のクロノア, Kaze no Kuronoa) is an anthropomorphic video game character created by Namco and Klonoa Works, and has starred in several games bearing his name since 1997.
Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament (Japanese: Kaze no Klonoa G2: Dream Champ Tournament) is a video game developed and published by Namco and released on the Game Boy Advance in Japan in 2002 and North America in early 2005. As the third game in the Klonoa handheld series, the game retains many of the gameplay elements of the previous titles, while adding in a few of its own.
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (Japanese: Kaze no Klonoa: Door to Phantomile or "Klonoa of the Wind: Door to Phantomile") is a video game developed and published by Namco for the Sony PlayStation in 1997 for Japan and 1998 for North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. It is the first game in the Klonoa series, and is the first title in which he appears.
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams Klonoa: Empire of Dreams (Japanese: Kaze no Klonoa: Empire of Dreams or "Klonoa of the Wind: Empire of Dreams") is a video game developed and published by Namco for the Game Boy Advance and released in Japan and North America in 2001 and Europe the following year. Falling somewhere between Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil, Empire of Dreams is a two-dimensional adventure game with puzzle elements that takes place in the new realm in the Klonoa series, the Kingdom of Jillius.
Klonoa: Moonlight Museum Klonoa: Moonlight Museum (Japanese: Kaze no Klonoa: Moonlight Museum or "Klonoa of the Wind: Moonlight Museum") is a video game developed and published by Namco and released exclusively in Japan for the Bandai Wonderswan in 1999. As Klonoa's first handheld adventure, it is the first game in the series to place him in a fully two-dimensional world, and establishes the system that his Game Boy Advance titles will use.
Klooga concentration camp Klooga was a Nazi labor subcamp of the Vaivara concentration camp complex established in September 1943, during World War II in German-occupied Estonia near the northern Estonian village of the same name. The Vaivara camp complex was commanded by German officers (Hans Aumeier, Otto Brennais and Franz von Bodman) and consisted of approximately twenty field camps, some of which existed only for short periods.
Klopotec A klopotec is a wooden mechanical device on a high wooden pole, similar to a windmill. It is used as a scarecrow and is an indispensable part of the idyllic wine-growing landscapes of Slovenia, Austria and Croatia.
Kloran The Kloran is the bible equivalent of the Klu Klux Klan. Versions of the Kloran typically contain detailed descriptions of the role of different Klan members as well as detailing Klan ceremonies and procedures.
Klordny Klordny is a fictional weeklong celebration in the 30th century of DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes. It is unclear as to the exact nature of the festivities, marked by drinking, dancing, and revelry, or their reason for being held in the first place.
Klotho (biology) The Klotho gene is expressed at least in mammalians; coding for a transmembrane protein, named Klotho, which in addition to other effects provides some control over the sensitivity of the organism to insulin and appears to be involved in aging. It was found 1997 by Kuro-o et.
Klotski Klotski (from Polish klocki -- wooden blocks) is a sliding block puzzle. Sometimes it only refers to the block arrangement in the right hand side diagram, where the largest block (in red) must move to the bottom middle location (marked in blue).
Klover Klover was a short lived Boston punk band consisting of Mike Stone (later a QueensrĂżche guitarist) on vocals and guitar, Chris Doherty (x-Gang Green) on lead guitar, Darren Hill (x-Red Rockers, Paul Westerberg) on bass and Brian Betzger (x-Jerry's Kids, Gang Green) on drums.
Klovn Klovn is a Danish sit-com, which was first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It focuses on the main character Frank's (played by Frank Hvam) life and builds the laughs on quiet everyday situations, social awkwardness, uncomfortable silences and general faux pas.
Klub Katz Klub Katz is an episode in season one of Courage the Cowardly Dog. It features the return of arch-villain Katz, this time working on an island as the manager of a spa that transforms people into mechanical appliances.
Klubba Klubba is a hulking Kremling created by Rareware who made appearances in Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Land 2, for the Super Nintendo/Game Boy Advance and Game Boy respectively. While he has always detested the Kongs, he's always had an underlying frustration with the methods of K.
Klukkuberg Klukkuberg is a small residential street in Setberg, a neighbourhood of Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. It consists mainly of a few villas, most of pretty grand size and a medium-sized apartment building on the top of the hill which the Setberg-neighbourhood rests upon.
Klumpke-Roberts Award The Klumpke-Roberts Award was established from a bequest by astronomer Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts and recognizes outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. The award is managed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Klunk Klunk is a character in Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines, a Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for CBS from 1969 to 1971. He is the Vulture Squadron's flying machine inventor who has Tourette syndrome - when he talks, what he says is intersperced with clicks, whistles and general onomatopoeic sounds.
Kluskus First Nation The Kluskus First Nation is a First Nations government located in the Fraser Canyon region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a member of the Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council, which includes both Tsilhqot'in and Carrier (Dakelh) communities (the Kluskus First Nation is Carrier).
Klutæ Klutæ is an industrial music project founded by Danish musician Claus Larsen, who is best known for his main project, Leæther Strip. Originally formed in 1991 under the name Klute, the project went dormant after 1996's Excel.
Klute Klute is a 1971 film which tells the story of a prostitute who assists a detective in solving a mystery. It stars Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Dorothy Tristan, Vivian Nathan, and Roy Scheider.
Klutz A klutz is a person who is clumsy, foolish, inept, or accident-prone. The term is perhaps derived from the Yiddish קלאָץ klots ('wooden beam'), cognate with the German klotz, meaning a "block" or "lump".
Kluuvi Kluuvi (Swedish: Gloet) is the commercial centre of Helsinki, Finland, and a district in the Vironniemi area of Helsinki. The Helsinki Central railway station, the Helsinki main post office, the Stockmann and Sokos department stores, the Kluuvi shopping centre and the main offices of Finnish banks are located in Kluuvi.
Klymaxx Klymaxx was a female Urban/Dance-pop group formed in Los Angeles, California between 1979 and 1990. The group consisted of drummer/founder Bernadette Cooper, vocalist Lorena Porter, bassist Joyce Irby, keyboardists Lynn Malsby and Robbin Grider and guitarist Cheryl Cooley.
Klystron A klystron is a specialized vacuum tube (evacuated electron tube) called a linear-beam tube. The pseudo-Greek word klystron comes from the stem form κλυσ- (klys) of a Greek verb referring to the action of waves breaking against a shore, and the end of the word electron.
KL FM KL FM (Formerly known as Radio Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (RMKL) and before that as Radio 3 Kuala Lumpur and Radio Malaysia Ibu Kota (RMIK) is a regional radio station operated by Radio Televisyen Malaysia. Its main radio station is in Angkasapuri.
KL PLUS FC Kuala Lumpur PLUS Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Kuala Lumpur PLUS) is the football club of PLUS Expressway Berhad, a toll operator company of the Malaysian expressway system. The club's team plays in the second tier of Malaysian football, the Malaysian Premier League.
KL Software KL Software (also known as K-Lite) is a provider of codec packs. The most common are the K-Lite Codec Pack, which is available in Basic, Standard, Full and Mega editions, Real Alternative, and QuickTime Alternative.
KL-43 The KL-43 was a portable, electronic cipher device used by the United States from the late 1970s. The machine, manufactured by TRW, was an adaptation of language translator technology, and includes a keyboard for input and an LCD display for output.
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