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Know Taiwan The Know Taiwan, or Recognize Taiwan, () is the junior high school textbook which have been used since 1997 in Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC). Know Taiwan consists of three sections, social studies, history and geography ().
Know Theatre of Cincinnati The Know Theatre of Cincinnati is a theatre located in Cincinnati, Ohio, that produces cultural and contemporary theatre while making the theatrical experience more accessible for all. The Know is located at 1120 Jackson Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Know Theatre Tribe The Know Theatre Tribe is a theatre located in Cincinnati, Ohio, that produces cultural and contemporary theatre while making the theatrical experience more accessible for all. The Know is housed at Gabriel's Corner Church located in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Know your customer Know Your Customer (KYC) is the due diligence and bank regulation that financial institutions and other regulated companies must perform to identify their clients and ascertain relevant information pertinent to doing financial business with them. Typically, KYC is a policy implemented to conform to a customer identification program mandated under the Bank Secrecy Act and USA PATRIOT Act.
Know Your Enemy (disambiguation) Know your enemy or Know thy enemy is a saying derived from Sun Tzu's The Art of War Part III, 'Act Of Strategum' the English translation being "So it is said that if you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know others but know yourself, you win one and lose one; if you do not know others and do not know yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle".
Know Your Place "Know Your Place" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Kia Corthron from a story by Ed Burns & Kia Corthron and was directed by Alex Zakrzewski.
Know-it-all A know-it-all is a person who believes that he or she is extremely knowledgeable, and is determined to demonstrate his or her perceived intelligence at every opportunity. A know-it-all boasts about being an expert on a given subject, although his or her actual knowledge is often (but not always) limited or non-existent.
Know-It-All Brothers The Know-It-All Brothers are three fictional brothers in the video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. They teach you a lot about the map, items, and the green and blue icons (Green and red in the Gamecube release) at the beginning of the game in the Kokiri Forest.
Know-Nothing Riot of 1856 The Know-Nothing Riot of 1856, some of the worst rioting of the Know-Nothing era in the United States, occurred in Baltimore in the fall of 1856. Street tensions had escalated sharply over the preceding half-dozen years as neighborhood gangs, most of them operating out of local firehouses, became increasingly involved in party politics.
KnowARC KnowARC (Grid-enabled Know-how Sharing Technology Based on ARC Services and Open Standards) (KnowARC) is a research and development project funded in 2006-2009 by the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme through Directorate F: Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures, of the Directorate-General for Information Society and Media, under the Information Society Technologies Priority. It comprises 10 partners from 7 European countries and concentrates on development in the area of Grid technologies.
Knowle West, Bristol Knowle West is an area of Bristol, England. It has a poor reputation among Bristol residents, and is one of the more deprived districts within the city, though many of the residents have a strong sense of community and there are families who have been in the area for generations.
Knowledge Knowledge is what is known. Like the related concepts truth, belief, and wisdom, there is no single definition of knowledge on which scholars agree, but rather numerous theories and continued debate about the nature of knowledge.
Knowledge (magazine) Knowledge is a monthly music publication primarily focused on the UK drum and bass scene, although also covering breakbeat and hip hop releases. Knowledge is a well-known and respected publication in its scene, and celebrated its 10th anniversary in December 2004.
Knowledge ark A Knowledge Ark is a collection of knowledge preserved in such a way that future generations would have access to said knowledge if current means of access were lost. Scenarios where availability to information (such as the Internet) would be lost could be described as Existential Risks or Extinction Level Events.
Knowledge assets Knowledge assets, also known as intellectual capital, is the source of a core and sustainable competitive advantage of an organization. Peter Drucker said in his famous book Post-Capitalist Society, “the most important resource is no longer labor, capital or land; it is knowledge”.
Knowledge base A knowledge base (or knowledgebase; abbreviated KB, kb or Δ) is a special kind of database for knowledge management. It provides the means for the computerized collection, organization, and retrieval of knowledge.
Knowledge building Knowledge Building theory was created and developed by Carl Bereiter and Marlene Scardamalia in order to describe what a community of learners need to accomplish in order to create knowledge. The theory address the need to educate people for the knowledge age society, in which knowledge and innovation are pervasive (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 2003).
Knowledge by description Knowledge by description is an epistemological concept, and it deals with one of the means by which we acquire knowledge about the world, the other principle means being from knowledge by acquaintance. Both of these concepts and the specific phraseology were given prominence by the British philosopher and logician, Bertrand Russell.
Knowledge Bowl Knowledge Bowl is an interdisciplinary academic competition involving teams of four students trying to answer questions in a written round and several oral rounds. No team is eliminated in this event, and every team participates in every round.
Knowledge Collection from Volunteer Contributors A subfield of Knowledge Acquisition within Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Collection from Volunteer Contributors (KCVC) attempts to drive down the cost of acquiring the knowledge required to support automated reasoning by having the public enter knowledge in computer processable form over the internet. KCVC might be regarded as similar in spirit to Wikipedia, although the intended audience, Artificial Intelligence systems, differs.
Knowledge Corridor New England's Knowledge Corridor constitutes an economic and cultural partnership between the Connecticut River cities of Springfield, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut, and surrounding towns. Formalized in 2000 at the Big E] in [[West Springfield, Massachusetts, the Knowledge Corridor seeks to engender economic and cultural opportunities for New England's second most populous region, (after Boston, Massachusetts) of 1.
Knowledge ecology Knowledge Ecology: A paradigm to understand or influence how knowledge is created, used, shared and advanced, within organizations and social systems. Most important in a knowledge ecology, is inter-relationships, collaborations and cause and effects that condition how individuals, organizations and social movements create, accumulate and use knowledge, including the rules concerning access to knowledge.
Knowledge engineering The building, maintaining and development of knowledge-based systems is the main objective of knowledge engineering (KE). It has a great deal in common with software engineering, and is related to many computer science domains such as artificial intelligence, databases, data mining, expert systems, decision support systems and geographic information systems.
Knowledge engineers Knowledge engineers are computer systems experts who are trained in the field of expert systems. Receiving information from domain experts, the knowledge engineers interpret the presented information and relay it to computer programmers who code the information in to systems databases to be accessed by end-users.
Knowledge Ecosystem An extension of research into knowledge management, a knowledge ecosystem fosters knowledge exchange opportunities among individuals comprising one or more organizations, and allows dynamic knowledge exchange activities to evolve as environmental circumstances require. This "bottom-up" approach to knowledge cultivation is ideal for globally distributed individuals who must exchange time-sensitive knowledge to increase organizational adaptedness and survivability.
Knowledge gap hypothesis The knowledge-gap hypothesis suggests that each new medium increases the gap between the information rich and information poor, because of differences in access to the medium, and control over its use, among other factors.
Knowledge harvesting Knowledge harvesting is a core knowledge management activity that aims to capture expertise, prevent knowledge loss and ensure business continuity. Some practices have evolved from expert system work in the 1980's as well as from ethnography and related fields.
Knowledge Channel The Knowledge Channel is the first and only all-educational cable TV channel in the Philippines, established by ABS-CBN, made available for free in public schools nationwide. KCFI exists in the hope of contributing to the vision of "a community of educated, empowered, and responsible citizens working relentlessly for a better Philippines".
Knowledge intensive business services Knowledge Intensive Business Services (commonly known as KIBS) are services and business operations heavily reliant on professional knowledge. They are mainly concerned with providing knowledge-intensive support for the business processes of other organizations.
Knowledge level In artificial intelligence, knowledge-based agents draw on a pool of logical sentences to infer conclusions about the world. At the knowledge level, we only need to specify what the agent knows and what its goals are; a logical abstraction separate from details of implementation.
Knowledge Machine The Knowledge Machine is a concept of Seymour Papert, which is intended to enable children to explore any situation and engage them completely. Although Papert never clearly defined the Knowledge Machine, one interpretation is a virtual reality device that allows the user to slip into any situation and have a simulated experience of that situation.
Knowledge Management Consultant Knowledge Management Consultant (Organizational) - a consultant that assists organization in capturing, organizing, and storing KNOWLEDGE and EXPERIENCE of employees at all levels within an organization and making this information readily available to others in the organization. He/She may also adopt the implementation mechanism/methodology known as Information Management which;in the organizational viewpoint; defined as the entire process of defining, evaluating, protecting, and distributing DATA within an organization using ICT as an enabler.
Knowledge Master Open The Knowledge Master Open (commonly known as Knowledge Masters) is a semiannual worldwide academic competition, held in the spring and fall, in which students from teams from many schools solve questions from 100-question tests composed of questions drawn from eclectic sources. Topics for questions include math, science (physical, life, chemistry, biology), history, art, English, sports, trivia, current events, and other topics.
Knowledge Navigator The Knowledge Navigator is a concept described by former Apple Computer CEO John Sculley in his 1987 book, Odyssey. It describes a device which can access a large networked database of hypertext information, and use software agents to assist searching for information.
Knowledge Network Knowledge Network (call sign CKNO) is a public television educational television network in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of British Columbia's Open Learning Agency.
Knowledge object A theoretical concept introduced by the German sociologist Karin Knorr Cetina (2002) to describe the emergence of post-social relations in epistemic cultures. Knowledge objects are different than everyday things and are defined as unfolding structures that are non-identical with themselves.
Knowledge process Knowledge processes can be defined as "high added value processes in which the achievement of goals is highly dependent on the skills, knowledge and experience of the people carrying them out". Some examples could be management, research and development, or new product development processes.
Knowledge relativity In philosophy, knowledge relativity is the notion that knowledge can be seen as the relation between a form of representation with up to two sorts of intent – communication and use goals – and with up to three subjects – one who knows, one who is informed, and one who observes and confirms.
Knowledge society A knowledge society is a formal association of people with similar interests, who try to make effective use of their combined knowledge about their area of interest, and in the process contribute to this knowledge. In this sense, knowledge is the psychological and useful result of perception, learning and reasoning.
Knowledge Systems Laboratory Knowledge Systems Laboratory (KSL) is an artificial intelligence research laboratory within the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University. Current work focuses on knowledge representation for sharable engineering knowledge bases and systems, computational environments for modelling physical devices, architectures for adaptive intelligent systems, and expert systems for science and engineering.
Knowledge transfer Knowledge transfer in the fields of Organizational development and organizational learning, is the practical problem of getting a packet of knowledge from one part of the organization to another (or all other) parts of the organization. It is considered to be more than just a communications problem.
Knowledge triangle The knowledge triangle refers to the interaction between research, education and innovation, which are key drivers of a knowledge-based society. In the European Union, it also refers to an attempt to better link together these key concepts, with research and innovation already highlighted by the development of the Lisbon Strategy and, more recently, lies behind proposals for the creation of a European Institute of Technology (EIT).
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships The Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) programme is a new UK government-funded initiative by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to encourage partnership projects between companies and universities. Launched in 2003 it replaced the Teaching Company Scheme (TCS).
Knowledge value chain A knowledge value chain is a sequence of intellectual tasks by which knowledge workers build their employer's unique competitive advantage (Carlucci, Marr, Schiuma 2004) and/or social and environmental benefit. As an example, the components of a research and development project form a knowledge value chain.
Knowledge visualization Knowledge Visualization aims to facilitate the creation and communication of knowledge through the use of computer and non-computer-based, complementary, graphic representation techniques. Examples of such visual formats are information graphics, sketches, diagrams, images, mind maps, interactive visualizations, dynamic visuals (animations), imaginary visualizations, story boards or even physical objects for inspection.
Knowledge Xpert for SQL Server Knowledge Xpert for SQL Server is a comprehensive Windows-based technical and process-oriented knowledge base covering the lifecycle of Microsoft Transact-SQL development and administration. Hundreds of knowledge-engineered topics provide best practices and explanations, along with examples for writing optimized code for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005.
Knowledge-based engineering Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) is a discipline with roots in computer-aided design (CAD) and knowledge-based systems but has several definitions and roles depending upon the context. An early role was support tool for a design engineer generally within the context of product design.
Knowledge-based theory of the firm The knowledge-based theory of the firm considers knowledge as the most strategically significant resource of a firm. Its proponents argue that because knowledge-based resources are usually difficult to imitate and socially complex, heterogeneous knowledge bases and capabilities among firms are the major determinants of sustained competitive advantage and superior corporate performance.
Knowlesands Tunnel Knowlesands Tunnel is a very short railway tunnel between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway in Shropshire, England. It has always only carried a single track although constructed so two lines of standard gauge track could pass through it.
Knowlton Mansion Knowlton Mansion, located at the intersection of Rhawn Street and Verree Road in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, is a Gothic Revival style mansion designed by renowned 19th century architect Frank Furness. It was initially built to serve as the residence of Philadelphia banker William Rhawn, for whom Rhawn Street was named, and later served as the place of residence for the man who invented the ice cream fountain.
Known Lazy Bastard Known Lazy Bastard or KLB is a term, used among technical support staff, for a user who repeatedly asks for help with problems whose solutions are clearly explained in the documentation, and persists in doing so after having been told to RTFM.
Known Space Known Space is the fictional setting of several science fiction novels and short stories written by author Larry Niven. It is the name given by humans to an area near the Earth which is explored and settled in the future.
Known-plaintext attack The known-plaintext attack (KPA) is an attack model for cryptanalysis where the attacker has samples of both the plaintext and its encrypted version (ciphertext) and is at liberty to make use of them to reveal further secret information; typically this is the secret key.
Knowsley North and Sefton East (UK Parliament constituency) Knowsley North and Sefton East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Knowsley Safari Park Knowsley Safari Park is a tourist attraction in the town of Prescot, in the borough of Knowsley near Liverpool, England. Situated on the famous estate of Lord Derby, the vast reserve is home to many different animals including elephants, giraffes, lions, tigers and baboons.
Knowth Knowth is the site of a Neolithic passage grave, one of the ancient monuments of the BrĂş na BĂłinne complex in the valley of the River Boyne in Ireland. It is around a kilometre north west of the Newgrange monument and 2 km west of Dowth.
Knox Basketball Inc Knox Basketball was established in the early 1970’s to provide youth from the City of Knox with a sporting and social infrastructure to develop and promote personal, team and social skills in a sporting environment. Founded by Alf Stevens, Alice Jago and Heather Kemp it began as an after school competition at the Mossfield Avenue Facility, Ferntree Gully in 1974.
Knox class frigate Knox class frigates were United States Navy ships, originally laid down as ocean escorts (formerly called destroyer escorts), but were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975 in the USN 1975 ship reclassification and their hull designation changed from DE to FF.
Knox College, Otago Knox College is a privately run residential college affiliated to the University of Otago in New Zealand, providing accommodation for primarily first and second year students, with a smaller number of postgraduates. The college is set in an 11 hectare landscaped site on the other site of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens from the University.
Knox Farm State Park The Knox Farm State Park is located adjacent to the historic village of East Aurora, New York. It is the former country estate of Buffalo's wealthy Knox Family, and spans 633 acres, containing a number of habitats, including grasslands, woodlands, ponds and wetlands.
Knox Glass Bottle Company The Knox Glass Bottle Company was a glass manufacturer based in Knox, Clarion County, Pennsylvania with several plants throughout the United States. The great majority of the company's production was in the form of glass bottles, many of which were beer bottles, milk bottles, and a large number of glass medicine bottles in a variety of standard sizes.
Knox Grammar School Knox Grammar School is a Uniting Church in Australia school located in Wahroonga in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1924 by the Presbyterian Church of Australia as an all-boys school named after John Knox, Knox has since grown, branching out into a large senior school of approximately 1300 students and a preparatory school of 500.
Knox United Church, Scarborough The Knox United Church, 2569 Midland Avenue, began as Knox Presbyterian Church, Scarborough Township , Ontario, in a wood frame church built in 1848, the result of the Church of Scotland disruption, that led to the formation of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in Connection with the Free Church of Scotland.
Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site, in the town of New Windsor in Orange County, New York, consists of the Georgian house of the Ellison family, built in 1754, and the grounds around it. It is located on Old Forge Hill Road, just south of Route 94 east of Vails Gate.
Knox's Translation of the Vulgate Ronald Knox published a Catholic version of the Bible in three volumes, known as the Knox Version Knox was requested by the Catholic hierarchy of England in 1936 to undertake a new translation of the Vulgate] with use of contemporary language of the time and in light of Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. When the New Testament came out in 1945, the new version was not intended to replace the Rheims Version but to be used alongside with it, as Bernard Griffin, the [[Archbishop of Westminster said in the preface of the Bible.
Knoxville (Pittsburgh) Knoxville is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's south city area. It has a zip code of 15210, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods).
Knoxville Girls Knoxville Girls was a short-lived New York City supergroup that contained: Bob Bert (of Sonic Youth and Pussy Galore), on drums, Jerry Teel (of Boss Hog and Little Porkchop) on vocals, guitars; Kid Congo Powers (of The Gun Club and The Cramps) on guitar and vocals; Jack Martin (of Little Porkchop and Blackstrap Molasses Family) on guitar; and Barry London (of Stab City) on organ.
Knoxville Nationals The Knoxville Nationals is an annual sprint car event held at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. The event is considered the premier event in sprint car racing, and is nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All.
Knoxville Raceway Knoxville Raceway is a semi-banked 1/2 mile dirt oval raceway located at the Marion County, Iowa fairgrounds in Knoxville, Iowa. Races are held on Saturday nights, and regular events include 360 cubic inch and 410 cubic inch sprint cars.
Knuckerhole #Knuckerhole is the name given in the Sussex dialect for a kind of spring that rise in the flat lands to the south of the South Downs, for example at Lyminster, Lancing, Shoreham and Worthing. They take the form of pools often 20 feet across and legend has it that they are bottomless and the abode of dragons known as Knuckers.
Knuckle-walking Gorillas, and sometimes chimpanzees, use a style of locomotion called knuckle-walking, where they walk on all fours with the fingers of their forelimbs rolled into the hand, putting pressure on their knuckles. Gorillas can move at great speeds using this method.
Knuckleball A knuckleball (or knuckler for short) is a baseball pitch thrown so as to minimize the spin of the ball in flight. The lack of spin causes alternating vortices over the stitched seams of the baseball and produces an erratic, unpredictable motion.
Knucklebones Knucklebones also known as hucklebones, dibs, jackstones, chuckstones or five-stones, is a game of very ancient origin, played with five small objects, originally the knucklebones of a sheep, which are thrown up and caught in various ways. Modern knucklebones consist of six points, or knobs, proceeding from a common base, and are usually made of metal or plastic.
Knuckles the Echidna (Archie comic) Knuckles the Echidna is a 32-issue series of American comic books published by Archie Comics that ran from 1997 to 1999, featuring Knuckles the Echidna, one of Sega's mascot video game characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Knud Holmboe Knud Holmboe (1902 - 1931) was a Danish journalist and explorer who converted to Islam after travels in North Africa. Holmboe was born in Horsens in 1902, and travelled to Morocco as a young man, in order to familiarize himself with Islam and learn the Arabic language.
Knud Knudsen (photographer) Knud Knudsen (1832-1915) was one of Norway's first professional photographers. His work includes images from most of Norway in his time and documents much of Norwegian history and ethnology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Knud Kristensen Knud Kristensen (26 October 1880 - 28 September 1962) was Prime Minister of Denmark 7 November 1945 to 13 November 1947 in the first elected government after the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. After the October 1945 election Knud Kristensen formed the Cabinet of Knud Kristensen, a minority government consisting only of his Liberal Venstre party.
Knud Lundberg Knud Lundberg (May 14 1920 – August 12 2002) was a Danish multi-talented sportsperson, who most notably won a bronze medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He represented the Danish national team in football (soccer), team handball and basketball, and he won the Danish national championship in all three disciplines.
Knud Rasmussen Glacier The Knud Rasmussen Glacier is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the Wolstenholme Fjord (sometimes referred to as "the world's largest ice machine").
Knud Wefald Knud Wefald (November 3, 1869 – October 25, 1936), a Representative from Minnesota; born in Kragero, Norway; attended the local schools and high school of his native land. He immigrated to the United States in 1887 and in 1896 settled in Hawley, Clay County, Minnesota where he engaged in agricultural pursuits while managing a partly owned lumber business.
Knudsen diffusion Knudsen diffusion is when the diffusivity is determined by the size of the containing vessel instead of the solvents or solutes. It is generally applicable in a combination of small vessel sizes or very low pressures.
Knudsen gas A Knudsen gas is a model for gases where particle collisions are ignored, as opposed to the Lorenz gas where collisions are considered. In these gases the distance between molecules are bigger than the recipient where the gas is contained.
Knudsen number The Knudsen number (Kn) is a dimensionless number defined as the ratio of the molecular mean free path length to a representative physical length scale. This length scale could be, for example, the radius of a body in a fluid.
Knukur Knukur is marginally the highest point of Skuvoy in the central Faroe Islands. Located on the western side of the island, the hill has a height of 392 metres, only a metre higher than Heyggjurin Mikli towards the south of Skandvoy which is 391 metres.
Knurl (band) Knurl is the noise music project of Alan Bloor, Canadian experimental composer and sculptor. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Bloor has been performing and recording Knurl material since 1994, when his seminal harsh noise releases "Nervescrap" and "Initial Shock" were recorded and released.
Knurling Knurling is a manufacturing process, typically conducted on a lathe, whereby a visually-attractive diamond-shaped (criss-cross) pattern is cut or rolled into metal. This pattern allows human hands or fingers to get a better grip on the knurled object than would be provided by the originally-smooth metal surface.
Knut Knut or Kanute is also a Scandinavian first name, of which the anglicized form is Canute, an anglicized form of Old Norse KnĂştr meaning "knot", sometimes Cnut; Danish Knud, Norwegian Knut) is the name of several kings of medieval Denmark, two of whom reigned also over England during the first half of the 11th century.
Knut (band) Knut is a Geneva, Switzerland-based mathcore band that formed in 1994 with Didier on vocals, Philippe on guitar, Jeremy on bass, and Roderic on drums. Early material put out on Snuff Records (which was run by Didier and Roderic).
Knut Anders Sørum Knut Anders Sørum is a Norwegian singer from Toten. He won the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest selection in 2004, the so-called Melodi Grand Prix, and thus represented Norway at Eurovision 2004 in Istanbul with the pop-ballad High, written by two Swedish composers.
Knut Ångström Knut Johan Ångström (January 12, 1857 - March 4, 1910) was a Swedish physicist. He was the son of physicist Anders Jonas Ångström and studied in Uppsala from 1877 to 1884, when he received his licentiat-degree, before going for a short time to the University of Strassburg (Strasbourg) to study with August Kundt.
Knut Eirik Kokkin Knut Eirik Kokkin (born October 11, 1988) is a Norwegian singer and dancer, and a former member of the boyband L8R. Branded the "quiet" member of the group, he quickly became a favorite among fans of the band.
Knut Haukelid Knut Haukelid (Brooklyn, New York May 17, 1911 - Oslo, Norway March 8 1994) The twin brother of actress Sigrid Gurie, Knut, graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1948. He served as Major in the Telemark Infantry Regiment, and was later appointed Lieutenant General, and head of the Home guard of Greater Oslo.
Knut Hjeltnes Knut Hjeltnes (born December 8, 1952 in Ăystese) is a former athlete from Norway. He has won 20 National Championships; 11 in Discus throw, in 1975-1976, 1978, 1980-1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1989 and 9 in Shot Put, in 1975, 1976, 1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1982, 1983, 1984.
Knut Jørgen Røed Ădegaard Knut Jørgen Røed Ădegaard (born 6 May 1966) is a Norwegian astrophysicist and PhD student at the University of Oslo's Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics. He is also the leader of the Norwegian Astronomical Society.
Knut Nesbø Knut Nesbø is the guitarist (and brother of the lead singer Jo Nesbø) of the Norwegian pop/rock band Di Derre. He is also a sports reporter with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and a former professional footballer.
Knut Nystedt Knut Nystedt, born September 3, 1915, in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, is an orchestral and choral composer. He grew up in a Christian home where hymns and classical music were an important part of everyday life.
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was a prominent figure in the field of comparative physiology. Born in Trondheim, Norway, in 1915, Schmidt-Nielsen moved to the United States, where he studied at Swarthmore College, Stanford University, and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Knut Yrvin Knut Yrvin is a Norwegian program developer and has been one of the leaders of the Skolelinux project. He is also one of the board members of Elektronisk Forpost Norge, a Norwegian version of EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation).
Knutby murder The Knutby murder refers to a murder and attempted murder in the village of Knutby east of Uppsala in Sweden, in the early morning of January 10, 2004. A 23-year-old woman was shot dead as she was sleeping in her bed, and a 30-year-old man who lived next-door to the woman was shot in the head and chest and seriously wounded.
Knute Rockne, All American Knute Rockne, All American is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of Knute Rockne, perhaps the most famous of all of the football coaches at Notre Dame, one of the most successful football programs in history. It stars Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, Owen Davis Jr.
Know Theatre of Cincinnati The Know Theatre of Cincinnati is a theatre located in Cincinnati, Ohio, that produces cultural and contemporary theatre while making the theatrical experience more accessible for all. The Know is located at 1120 Jackson Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Know Theatre Tribe The Know Theatre Tribe is a theatre located in Cincinnati, Ohio, that produces cultural and contemporary theatre while making the theatrical experience more accessible for all. The Know is housed at Gabriel's Corner Church located in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati.
Know your customer Know Your Customer (KYC) is the due diligence and bank regulation that financial institutions and other regulated companies must perform to identify their clients and ascertain relevant information pertinent to doing financial business with them. Typically, KYC is a policy implemented to conform to a customer identification program mandated under the Bank Secrecy Act and USA PATRIOT Act.
Know Your Enemy (disambiguation) Know your enemy or Know thy enemy is a saying derived from Sun Tzu's The Art of War Part III, 'Act Of Strategum' the English translation being "So it is said that if you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know others but know yourself, you win one and lose one; if you do not know others and do not know yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle".
Know Your Place "Know Your Place" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Kia Corthron from a story by Ed Burns & Kia Corthron and was directed by Alex Zakrzewski.
Know-it-all A know-it-all is a person who believes that he or she is extremely knowledgeable, and is determined to demonstrate his or her perceived intelligence at every opportunity. A know-it-all boasts about being an expert on a given subject, although his or her actual knowledge is often (but not always) limited or non-existent.
Know-It-All Brothers The Know-It-All Brothers are three fictional brothers in the video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. They teach you a lot about the map, items, and the green and blue icons (Green and red in the Gamecube release) at the beginning of the game in the Kokiri Forest.
Know-Nothing Riot of 1856 The Know-Nothing Riot of 1856, some of the worst rioting of the Know-Nothing era in the United States, occurred in Baltimore in the fall of 1856. Street tensions had escalated sharply over the preceding half-dozen years as neighborhood gangs, most of them operating out of local firehouses, became increasingly involved in party politics.
KnowARC KnowARC (Grid-enabled Know-how Sharing Technology Based on ARC Services and Open Standards) (KnowARC) is a research and development project funded in 2006-2009 by the European Commission's Sixth Framework Programme through Directorate F: Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures, of the Directorate-General for Information Society and Media, under the Information Society Technologies Priority. It comprises 10 partners from 7 European countries and concentrates on development in the area of Grid technologies.
Knowle West, Bristol Knowle West is an area of Bristol, England. It has a poor reputation among Bristol residents, and is one of the more deprived districts within the city, though many of the residents have a strong sense of community and there are families who have been in the area for generations.
Knowledge Knowledge is what is known. Like the related concepts truth, belief, and wisdom, there is no single definition of knowledge on which scholars agree, but rather numerous theories and continued debate about the nature of knowledge.
Knowledge (magazine) Knowledge is a monthly music publication primarily focused on the UK drum and bass scene, although also covering breakbeat and hip hop releases. Knowledge is a well-known and respected publication in its scene, and celebrated its 10th anniversary in December 2004.
Knowledge ark A Knowledge Ark is a collection of knowledge preserved in such a way that future generations would have access to said knowledge if current means of access were lost. Scenarios where availability to information (such as the Internet) would be lost could be described as Existential Risks or Extinction Level Events.
Knowledge assets Knowledge assets, also known as intellectual capital, is the source of a core and sustainable competitive advantage of an organization. Peter Drucker said in his famous book Post-Capitalist Society, “the most important resource is no longer labor, capital or land; it is knowledge”.
Knowledge base A knowledge base (or knowledgebase; abbreviated KB, kb or Δ) is a special kind of database for knowledge management. It provides the means for the computerized collection, organization, and retrieval of knowledge.
Knowledge building Knowledge Building theory was created and developed by Carl Bereiter and Marlene Scardamalia in order to describe what a community of learners need to accomplish in order to create knowledge. The theory address the need to educate people for the knowledge age society, in which knowledge and innovation are pervasive (Scardamalia & Bereiter, 2003).
Knowledge by description Knowledge by description is an epistemological concept, and it deals with one of the means by which we acquire knowledge about the world, the other principle means being from knowledge by acquaintance. Both of these concepts and the specific phraseology were given prominence by the British philosopher and logician, Bertrand Russell.
Knowledge Bowl Knowledge Bowl is an interdisciplinary academic competition involving teams of four students trying to answer questions in a written round and several oral rounds. No team is eliminated in this event, and every team participates in every round.
Knowledge Collection from Volunteer Contributors A subfield of Knowledge Acquisition within Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Collection from Volunteer Contributors (KCVC) attempts to drive down the cost of acquiring the knowledge required to support automated reasoning by having the public enter knowledge in computer processable form over the internet. KCVC might be regarded as similar in spirit to Wikipedia, although the intended audience, Artificial Intelligence systems, differs.
Knowledge Corridor New England's Knowledge Corridor constitutes an economic and cultural partnership between the Connecticut River cities of Springfield, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut, and surrounding towns. Formalized in 2000 at the Big E] in [[West Springfield, Massachusetts, the Knowledge Corridor seeks to engender economic and cultural opportunities for New England's second most populous region, (after Boston, Massachusetts) of 1.
Knowledge ecology Knowledge Ecology: A paradigm to understand or influence how knowledge is created, used, shared and advanced, within organizations and social systems. Most important in a knowledge ecology, is inter-relationships, collaborations and cause and effects that condition how individuals, organizations and social movements create, accumulate and use knowledge, including the rules concerning access to knowledge.
Knowledge engineering The building, maintaining and development of knowledge-based systems is the main objective of knowledge engineering (KE). It has a great deal in common with software engineering, and is related to many computer science domains such as artificial intelligence, databases, data mining, expert systems, decision support systems and geographic information systems.
Knowledge engineers Knowledge engineers are computer systems experts who are trained in the field of expert systems. Receiving information from domain experts, the knowledge engineers interpret the presented information and relay it to computer programmers who code the information in to systems databases to be accessed by end-users.
Knowledge Ecosystem An extension of research into knowledge management, a knowledge ecosystem fosters knowledge exchange opportunities among individuals comprising one or more organizations, and allows dynamic knowledge exchange activities to evolve as environmental circumstances require. This "bottom-up" approach to knowledge cultivation is ideal for globally distributed individuals who must exchange time-sensitive knowledge to increase organizational adaptedness and survivability.
Knowledge gap hypothesis The knowledge-gap hypothesis suggests that each new medium increases the gap between the information rich and information poor, because of differences in access to the medium, and control over its use, among other factors.
Knowledge harvesting Knowledge harvesting is a core knowledge management activity that aims to capture expertise, prevent knowledge loss and ensure business continuity. Some practices have evolved from expert system work in the 1980's as well as from ethnography and related fields.
Knowledge Channel The Knowledge Channel is the first and only all-educational cable TV channel in the Philippines, established by ABS-CBN, made available for free in public schools nationwide. KCFI exists in the hope of contributing to the vision of "a community of educated, empowered, and responsible citizens working relentlessly for a better Philippines".
Knowledge intensive business services Knowledge Intensive Business Services (commonly known as KIBS) are services and business operations heavily reliant on professional knowledge. They are mainly concerned with providing knowledge-intensive support for the business processes of other organizations.
Knowledge level In artificial intelligence, knowledge-based agents draw on a pool of logical sentences to infer conclusions about the world. At the knowledge level, we only need to specify what the agent knows and what its goals are; a logical abstraction separate from details of implementation.
Knowledge Machine The Knowledge Machine is a concept of Seymour Papert, which is intended to enable children to explore any situation and engage them completely. Although Papert never clearly defined the Knowledge Machine, one interpretation is a virtual reality device that allows the user to slip into any situation and have a simulated experience of that situation.
Knowledge Management Consultant Knowledge Management Consultant (Organizational) - a consultant that assists organization in capturing, organizing, and storing KNOWLEDGE and EXPERIENCE of employees at all levels within an organization and making this information readily available to others in the organization. He/She may also adopt the implementation mechanism/methodology known as Information Management which;in the organizational viewpoint; defined as the entire process of defining, evaluating, protecting, and distributing DATA within an organization using ICT as an enabler.
Knowledge Master Open The Knowledge Master Open (commonly known as Knowledge Masters) is a semiannual worldwide academic competition, held in the spring and fall, in which students from teams from many schools solve questions from 100-question tests composed of questions drawn from eclectic sources. Topics for questions include math, science (physical, life, chemistry, biology), history, art, English, sports, trivia, current events, and other topics.
Knowledge Navigator The Knowledge Navigator is a concept described by former Apple Computer CEO John Sculley in his 1987 book, Odyssey. It describes a device which can access a large networked database of hypertext information, and use software agents to assist searching for information.
Knowledge Network Knowledge Network (call sign CKNO) is a public television educational television network in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of British Columbia's Open Learning Agency.
Knowledge object A theoretical concept introduced by the German sociologist Karin Knorr Cetina (2002) to describe the emergence of post-social relations in epistemic cultures. Knowledge objects are different than everyday things and are defined as unfolding structures that are non-identical with themselves.
Knowledge process Knowledge processes can be defined as "high added value processes in which the achievement of goals is highly dependent on the skills, knowledge and experience of the people carrying them out". Some examples could be management, research and development, or new product development processes.
Knowledge relativity In philosophy, knowledge relativity is the notion that knowledge can be seen as the relation between a form of representation with up to two sorts of intent – communication and use goals – and with up to three subjects – one who knows, one who is informed, and one who observes and confirms.
Knowledge society A knowledge society is a formal association of people with similar interests, who try to make effective use of their combined knowledge about their area of interest, and in the process contribute to this knowledge. In this sense, knowledge is the psychological and useful result of perception, learning and reasoning.
Knowledge Systems Laboratory Knowledge Systems Laboratory (KSL) is an artificial intelligence research laboratory within the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University. Current work focuses on knowledge representation for sharable engineering knowledge bases and systems, computational environments for modelling physical devices, architectures for adaptive intelligent systems, and expert systems for science and engineering.
Knowledge transfer Knowledge transfer in the fields of Organizational development and organizational learning, is the practical problem of getting a packet of knowledge from one part of the organization to another (or all other) parts of the organization. It is considered to be more than just a communications problem.
Knowledge triangle The knowledge triangle refers to the interaction between research, education and innovation, which are key drivers of a knowledge-based society. In the European Union, it also refers to an attempt to better link together these key concepts, with research and innovation already highlighted by the development of the Lisbon Strategy and, more recently, lies behind proposals for the creation of a European Institute of Technology (EIT).
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships The Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) programme is a new UK government-funded initiative by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to encourage partnership projects between companies and universities. Launched in 2003 it replaced the Teaching Company Scheme (TCS).
Knowledge value chain A knowledge value chain is a sequence of intellectual tasks by which knowledge workers build their employer's unique competitive advantage (Carlucci, Marr, Schiuma 2004) and/or social and environmental benefit. As an example, the components of a research and development project form a knowledge value chain.
Knowledge visualization Knowledge Visualization aims to facilitate the creation and communication of knowledge through the use of computer and non-computer-based, complementary, graphic representation techniques. Examples of such visual formats are information graphics, sketches, diagrams, images, mind maps, interactive visualizations, dynamic visuals (animations), imaginary visualizations, story boards or even physical objects for inspection.
Knowledge Xpert for SQL Server Knowledge Xpert for SQL Server is a comprehensive Windows-based technical and process-oriented knowledge base covering the lifecycle of Microsoft Transact-SQL development and administration. Hundreds of knowledge-engineered topics provide best practices and explanations, along with examples for writing optimized code for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005.
Knowledge-based engineering Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) is a discipline with roots in computer-aided design (CAD) and knowledge-based systems but has several definitions and roles depending upon the context. An early role was support tool for a design engineer generally within the context of product design.
Knowledge-based theory of the firm The knowledge-based theory of the firm considers knowledge as the most strategically significant resource of a firm. Its proponents argue that because knowledge-based resources are usually difficult to imitate and socially complex, heterogeneous knowledge bases and capabilities among firms are the major determinants of sustained competitive advantage and superior corporate performance.
Knowlesands Tunnel Knowlesands Tunnel is a very short railway tunnel between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway in Shropshire, England. It has always only carried a single track although constructed so two lines of standard gauge track could pass through it.
Knowlton Mansion Knowlton Mansion, located at the intersection of Rhawn Street and Verree Road in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, is a Gothic Revival style mansion designed by renowned 19th century architect Frank Furness. It was initially built to serve as the residence of Philadelphia banker William Rhawn, for whom Rhawn Street was named, and later served as the place of residence for the man who invented the ice cream fountain.
Known Lazy Bastard Known Lazy Bastard or KLB is a term, used among technical support staff, for a user who repeatedly asks for help with problems whose solutions are clearly explained in the documentation, and persists in doing so after having been told to RTFM.
Known Space Known Space is the fictional setting of several science fiction novels and short stories written by author Larry Niven. It is the name given by humans to an area near the Earth which is explored and settled in the future.
Known-plaintext attack The known-plaintext attack (KPA) is an attack model for cryptanalysis where the attacker has samples of both the plaintext and its encrypted version (ciphertext) and is at liberty to make use of them to reveal further secret information; typically this is the secret key.
Knowsley North and Sefton East (UK Parliament constituency) Knowsley North and Sefton East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Knowsley Safari Park Knowsley Safari Park is a tourist attraction in the town of Prescot, in the borough of Knowsley near Liverpool, England. Situated on the famous estate of Lord Derby, the vast reserve is home to many different animals including elephants, giraffes, lions, tigers and baboons.
Knowth Knowth is the site of a Neolithic passage grave, one of the ancient monuments of the BrĂş na BĂłinne complex in the valley of the River Boyne in Ireland. It is around a kilometre north west of the Newgrange monument and 2 km west of Dowth.
Knox Basketball Inc Knox Basketball was established in the early 1970’s to provide youth from the City of Knox with a sporting and social infrastructure to develop and promote personal, team and social skills in a sporting environment. Founded by Alf Stevens, Alice Jago and Heather Kemp it began as an after school competition at the Mossfield Avenue Facility, Ferntree Gully in 1974.
Knox class frigate Knox class frigates were United States Navy ships, originally laid down as ocean escorts (formerly called destroyer escorts), but were all redesignated as frigates on 30 June 1975 in the USN 1975 ship reclassification and their hull designation changed from DE to FF.
Knox College, Otago Knox College is a privately run residential college affiliated to the University of Otago in New Zealand, providing accommodation for primarily first and second year students, with a smaller number of postgraduates. The college is set in an 11 hectare landscaped site on the other site of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens from the University.
Knox Farm State Park The Knox Farm State Park is located adjacent to the historic village of East Aurora, New York. It is the former country estate of Buffalo's wealthy Knox Family, and spans 633 acres, containing a number of habitats, including grasslands, woodlands, ponds and wetlands.
Knox Glass Bottle Company The Knox Glass Bottle Company was a glass manufacturer based in Knox, Clarion County, Pennsylvania with several plants throughout the United States. The great majority of the company's production was in the form of glass bottles, many of which were beer bottles, milk bottles, and a large number of glass medicine bottles in a variety of standard sizes.
Knox Grammar School Knox Grammar School is a Uniting Church in Australia school located in Wahroonga in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1924 by the Presbyterian Church of Australia as an all-boys school named after John Knox, Knox has since grown, branching out into a large senior school of approximately 1300 students and a preparatory school of 500.
Knox United Church, Scarborough The Knox United Church, 2569 Midland Avenue, began as Knox Presbyterian Church, Scarborough Township , Ontario, in a wood frame church built in 1848, the result of the Church of Scotland disruption, that led to the formation of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in Connection with the Free Church of Scotland.
Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site Knox's Headquarters State Historic Site, in the town of New Windsor in Orange County, New York, consists of the Georgian house of the Ellison family, built in 1754, and the grounds around it. It is located on Old Forge Hill Road, just south of Route 94 east of Vails Gate.
Knox's Translation of the Vulgate Ronald Knox published a Catholic version of the Bible in three volumes, known as the Knox Version Knox was requested by the Catholic hierarchy of England in 1936 to undertake a new translation of the Vulgate] with use of contemporary language of the time and in light of Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. When the New Testament came out in 1945, the new version was not intended to replace the Rheims Version but to be used alongside with it, as Bernard Griffin, the [[Archbishop of Westminster said in the preface of the Bible.
Knoxville (Pittsburgh) Knoxville is a neighborhood on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's south city area. It has a zip code of 15210, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 3 (Central South Neighborhoods).
Knoxville Girls Knoxville Girls was a short-lived New York City supergroup that contained: Bob Bert (of Sonic Youth and Pussy Galore), on drums, Jerry Teel (of Boss Hog and Little Porkchop) on vocals, guitars; Kid Congo Powers (of The Gun Club and The Cramps) on guitar and vocals; Jack Martin (of Little Porkchop and Blackstrap Molasses Family) on guitar; and Barry London (of Stab City) on organ.
Knoxville Nationals The Knoxville Nationals is an annual sprint car event held at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. The event is considered the premier event in sprint car racing, and is nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All.
Knoxville Raceway Knoxville Raceway is a semi-banked 1/2 mile dirt oval raceway located at the Marion County, Iowa fairgrounds in Knoxville, Iowa. Races are held on Saturday nights, and regular events include 360 cubic inch and 410 cubic inch sprint cars.
Knuckerhole #Knuckerhole is the name given in the Sussex dialect for a kind of spring that rise in the flat lands to the south of the South Downs, for example at Lyminster, Lancing, Shoreham and Worthing. They take the form of pools often 20 feet across and legend has it that they are bottomless and the abode of dragons known as Knuckers.
Knuckle-walking Gorillas, and sometimes chimpanzees, use a style of locomotion called knuckle-walking, where they walk on all fours with the fingers of their forelimbs rolled into the hand, putting pressure on their knuckles. Gorillas can move at great speeds using this method.
Knuckleball A knuckleball (or knuckler for short) is a baseball pitch thrown so as to minimize the spin of the ball in flight. The lack of spin causes alternating vortices over the stitched seams of the baseball and produces an erratic, unpredictable motion.
Knucklebones Knucklebones also known as hucklebones, dibs, jackstones, chuckstones or five-stones, is a game of very ancient origin, played with five small objects, originally the knucklebones of a sheep, which are thrown up and caught in various ways. Modern knucklebones consist of six points, or knobs, proceeding from a common base, and are usually made of metal or plastic.
Knuckles the Echidna (Archie comic) Knuckles the Echidna is a 32-issue series of American comic books published by Archie Comics that ran from 1997 to 1999, featuring Knuckles the Echidna, one of Sega's mascot video game characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Knud Holmboe Knud Holmboe (1902 - 1931) was a Danish journalist and explorer who converted to Islam after travels in North Africa. Holmboe was born in Horsens in 1902, and travelled to Morocco as a young man, in order to familiarize himself with Islam and learn the Arabic language.
Knud Knudsen (photographer) Knud Knudsen (1832-1915) was one of Norway's first professional photographers. His work includes images from most of Norway in his time and documents much of Norwegian history and ethnology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Knud Kristensen Knud Kristensen (26 October 1880 - 28 September 1962) was Prime Minister of Denmark 7 November 1945 to 13 November 1947 in the first elected government after the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. After the October 1945 election Knud Kristensen formed the Cabinet of Knud Kristensen, a minority government consisting only of his Liberal Venstre party.
Knud Lundberg Knud Lundberg (May 14 1920 – August 12 2002) was a Danish multi-talented sportsperson, who most notably won a bronze medal with the Denmark national football team at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He represented the Danish national team in football (soccer), team handball and basketball, and he won the Danish national championship in all three disciplines.
Knud Rasmussen Glacier The Knud Rasmussen Glacier is located in the far northwest of Greenland, to the north of the Thule Air Base. It is one of four large glaciers which feeds the Wolstenholme Fjord (sometimes referred to as "the world's largest ice machine").
Knud Wefald Knud Wefald (November 3, 1869 – October 25, 1936), a Representative from Minnesota; born in Kragero, Norway; attended the local schools and high school of his native land. He immigrated to the United States in 1887 and in 1896 settled in Hawley, Clay County, Minnesota where he engaged in agricultural pursuits while managing a partly owned lumber business.
Knudsen diffusion Knudsen diffusion is when the diffusivity is determined by the size of the containing vessel instead of the solvents or solutes. It is generally applicable in a combination of small vessel sizes or very low pressures.
Knudsen gas A Knudsen gas is a model for gases where particle collisions are ignored, as opposed to the Lorenz gas where collisions are considered. In these gases the distance between molecules are bigger than the recipient where the gas is contained.
Knudsen number The Knudsen number (Kn) is a dimensionless number defined as the ratio of the molecular mean free path length to a representative physical length scale. This length scale could be, for example, the radius of a body in a fluid.
Knukur Knukur is marginally the highest point of Skuvoy in the central Faroe Islands. Located on the western side of the island, the hill has a height of 392 metres, only a metre higher than Heyggjurin Mikli towards the south of Skandvoy which is 391 metres.
Knurl (band) Knurl is the noise music project of Alan Bloor, Canadian experimental composer and sculptor. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Bloor has been performing and recording Knurl material since 1994, when his seminal harsh noise releases "Nervescrap" and "Initial Shock" were recorded and released.
Knurling Knurling is a manufacturing process, typically conducted on a lathe, whereby a visually-attractive diamond-shaped (criss-cross) pattern is cut or rolled into metal. This pattern allows human hands or fingers to get a better grip on the knurled object than would be provided by the originally-smooth metal surface.
Knut Knut or Kanute is also a Scandinavian first name, of which the anglicized form is Canute, an anglicized form of Old Norse KnĂştr meaning "knot", sometimes Cnut; Danish Knud, Norwegian Knut) is the name of several kings of medieval Denmark, two of whom reigned also over England during the first half of the 11th century.
Knut (band) Knut is a Geneva, Switzerland-based mathcore band that formed in 1994 with Didier on vocals, Philippe on guitar, Jeremy on bass, and Roderic on drums. Early material put out on Snuff Records (which was run by Didier and Roderic).
Knut Anders Sørum Knut Anders Sørum is a Norwegian singer from Toten. He won the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest selection in 2004, the so-called Melodi Grand Prix, and thus represented Norway at Eurovision 2004 in Istanbul with the pop-ballad High, written by two Swedish composers.
Knut Ångström Knut Johan Ångström (January 12, 1857 - March 4, 1910) was a Swedish physicist. He was the son of physicist Anders Jonas Ångström and studied in Uppsala from 1877 to 1884, when he received his licentiat-degree, before going for a short time to the University of Strassburg (Strasbourg) to study with August Kundt.
Knut Eirik Kokkin Knut Eirik Kokkin (born October 11, 1988) is a Norwegian singer and dancer, and a former member of the boyband L8R. Branded the "quiet" member of the group, he quickly became a favorite among fans of the band.
Knut Haukelid Knut Haukelid (Brooklyn, New York May 17, 1911 - Oslo, Norway March 8 1994) The twin brother of actress Sigrid Gurie, Knut, graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1948. He served as Major in the Telemark Infantry Regiment, and was later appointed Lieutenant General, and head of the Home guard of Greater Oslo.
Knut Hjeltnes Knut Hjeltnes (born December 8, 1952 in Ăystese) is a former athlete from Norway. He has won 20 National Championships; 11 in Discus throw, in 1975-1976, 1978, 1980-1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1989 and 9 in Shot Put, in 1975, 1976, 1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1982, 1983, 1984.
Knut Jørgen Røed Ădegaard Knut Jørgen Røed Ădegaard (born 6 May 1966) is a Norwegian astrophysicist and PhD student at the University of Oslo's Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics. He is also the leader of the Norwegian Astronomical Society.
Knut Nesbø Knut Nesbø is the guitarist (and brother of the lead singer Jo Nesbø) of the Norwegian pop/rock band Di Derre. He is also a sports reporter with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and a former professional footballer.
Knut Nystedt Knut Nystedt, born September 3, 1915, in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, is an orchestral and choral composer. He grew up in a Christian home where hymns and classical music were an important part of everyday life.
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Knut Schmidt-Nielsen was a prominent figure in the field of comparative physiology. Born in Trondheim, Norway, in 1915, Schmidt-Nielsen moved to the United States, where he studied at Swarthmore College, Stanford University, and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Knut Yrvin Knut Yrvin is a Norwegian program developer and has been one of the leaders of the Skolelinux project. He is also one of the board members of Elektronisk Forpost Norge, a Norwegian version of EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation).
Knutby murder The Knutby murder refers to a murder and attempted murder in the village of Knutby east of Uppsala in Sweden, in the early morning of January 10, 2004. A 23-year-old woman was shot dead as she was sleeping in her bed, and a 30-year-old man who lived next-door to the woman was shot in the head and chest and seriously wounded.
Knute Rockne, All American Knute Rockne, All American is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of Knute Rockne, perhaps the most famous of all of the football coaches at Notre Dame, one of the most successful football programs in history. It stars Pat O'Brien, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, Owen Davis Jr.
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