KS
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- Kampfschwimmer, a German postwar commando frogman force
- Kartagener syndrome, rare genetic disorder which causes a defect in the action of the cilia
- Kamehameha SchoolsKamehameha SchoolsKamehameha Schools , formerly called Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate , is a private co-educational college-preparatory institution that specializes in Native Hawaiian language and cultural education. It is located in Hawaii and operates three campuses: Kapālama , Pukalani , and Keaau...
, independent school - KansasKansasKansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
(United States postal abbreviations) - Kaposi's sarcomaKaposi's sarcomaKaposi's sarcoma is a tumor caused by Human herpesvirus 8 , also known as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus . It was originally described by Moritz Kaposi , a Hungarian dermatologist practicing at the University of Vienna in 1872. It became more widely known as one of the AIDS defining...
, tumor caused by Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) - Kaplan-SheinwoldKaplan-SheinwoldThe Kaplan-Sheinwold bidding system was developed and popularized by Edgar Kaplan and Alfred Sheinwold during their partnership, which flourished during the 1950s and 1960s. K-S is one of many natural systems...
, bidding system in the game of contract bridge - Kashmiri languageKashmiri languageKashmiri is a language from the Dardic sub-group and it is spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, in Jammu and Kashmir. There are approximately 5,554,496 speakers in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the Census of 2001. Most of the 105,000 speakers or so in Pakistan are émigrés from the Kashmir...
(ISO 639 alpha-2: ks), Dardic language spoken primarily in the valley of Kashmir - Keratan sulfateKeratan sulfateKeratan sulfate , also called keratosulfate, is any of several sulfated glycosaminoglycans that have been found especially in the cornea, cartilage, and bone. It is also synthesized in the central nervous system where it participates both in development and in the glial scar formation following an...
, any of several sulfated glycosaminoglycans - Kernel streaming, method of processing streamed data
- Kearny System, a parts numbering scheme developed for a Western ElectricWestern ElectricWestern Electric Company was an American electrical engineering company, the manufacturing arm of AT&T from 1881 to 1995. It was the scene of a number of technological innovations and also some seminal developments in industrial management...
factory in Kearny, New JerseyKearny, New JerseyKearny is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. It was named after Civil War general Philip Kearny. As of the United States 2010 Census, the town population was 40,684. The town is a suburb of the nearby city of Newark.... - Kernowek StandardKernowek StandardKernowek Standard is a variety of revived Cornish and a proposed set of revisions to the Standard Written Form. Developed gradually by a group called UdnFormScrefys , it was published as a proposal in a series of revisions. Its principal authors were Michael Everson, Neil Kennedy, and Nicholas...
, an orthography for Revived Cornish - Key StageKey StageA Key Stage is a stage of the state education system in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the British Territory of Gibraltar setting the educational knowledge expected of students at various ages...
in the UK education system - KiasuKiasuKiasu is a Hokkien word that literally means 'fear of losing' . However its actual usage would imply a meaning more approaching that of "dog in a manger", and yet not quite...
, Hokkien (a Chinese spoken variant) word for 'extreme fear of losing' (怕输) - Kill stealingKill stealingIn online games and especially first-person shooter games, MMORPGs and MUDs, kill stealing is the practice of arranging to get credit for killing an enemy, when it should have clearly been another player's kill. An example is when a player in a first-person shooter whittles an enemy's health down...
, practice in online games of stealing the rewards for defeating an enemy from other players - Kimbo SliceKimbo SliceKevin Ferguson , better known as Kimbo Slice, is a Bahamian-American boxer, mixed martial artist and occasional actor...
, Bahamian American mixed martial arts fighter - KilosecondKilosecondA kilosecond is 1000 seconds , so there are 86.4 kiloseconds in a 24 hour day, and 604.8 kiloseconds in a week. The second is the International System of Units base unit of time, combine with the prefix kilo- which means 1000, results in the definition of a kilosecond...
(ks), 1000 seconds (16 minutes, 40 seconds) - King's ScholarKing's ScholarA King's Scholar is a foundation scholar of one of certain public schools...
, scholar of Eton College denoted by the letters "KS" after the name in school lists - King's Serjeant, obsolete legal position in the United Kingdom
- Klaus SchulzeKlaus SchulzeKlaus Schulze is a German electronic music composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried. He was briefly a member of the electronic bands Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across five decades.-1970s:In...
, a German electronic music composer and musician - Klinefelter's SyndromeKlinefelter's syndromeKlinefelter syndrome, 46/47, XXY, or XXY syndrome is a condition in which human males have an extra X chromosome. While females have an XX chromosomal makeup, and males an XY, affected individuals have at least two X chromosomes and at least one Y chromosome...
, condition caused by a chromosome aneuploidy—affected males have an extra X sex chromosome - Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, goodness-of-fit test used for underlying probability distributions
- Komandittselskap, Norwegian type of company
- KosovoKosovoKosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
, a disputed territory in the Balkans - PenAirPenAirPeninsula Airways, doing business as PenAir, is an American airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. It is Alaska's second largest commuter airline operating an extensive scheduled passenger and cargo service, as well as charter and medevac services...
(IATA code: KS), Peninsula Airways, American airline based in Anchorage, Alaska - Katawa ShoujoKatawa Shoujois a bishōjo-style visual novel by Four Leaf Studios that tells a story of a young man and five other girls suffering with varying disabilities. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV-style text box. As of now, only the demo has been released...
, an English bishoujo-style visual novel by Four Leaf Studios
Ks can also refer to:
- Ks, strikeoutStrikeoutIn baseball or softball, a strikeout or strike-out occurs when a batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters....
s in baseball - Ks (plural of K), legal shorthand for ContractContractA contract is an agreement entered into by two parties or more with the intention of creating a legal obligation, which may have elements in writing. Contracts can be made orally. The remedy for breach of contract can be "damages" or compensation of money. In equity, the remedy can be specific...