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17,212 | # KOMPILER
In computing, the **KOMPILER** was one of the first language compilation and runtime systems for International Business Machines\' IBM 701, the fastest commercial U.S. computer available in 1955.
Information on KOMPILER is listed on page 16 of Volume 2, Number 5 (May 1959) of the *Communications of the ACM... | 78 | KOMPILER | 0 |
17,220 | # Sara Jane Olson
**Sara Jane Olson** (born **Kathleen Ann Soliah**, January 16, 1947) is an American far-left activist who was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) in 1975. The group disbanded and she was a fugitive for decades before being arrested. In 2001, she pleaded guilty to attempted murder related... | 308 | Sara Jane Olson | 0 |
17,220 | # Sara Jane Olson
## Symbionese Liberation Army {#symbionese_liberation_army}
After graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in theater, Soliah moved to Berkeley, California, with her boyfriend, James Kilgore.
She met Angela Atwood at an acting audition where they both won lead roles. They became inseparable during... | 587 | Sara Jane Olson | 1 |
17,220 | # Sara Jane Olson
## Symbionese Liberation Army {#symbionese_liberation_army}
### Los Angeles Police Department bombs {#los_angeles_police_department_bombs}
On August 21, 1975, a bomb that came close to detonating was discovered where a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car had been parked earlier in front of an I... | 419 | Sara Jane Olson | 2 |
17,220 | # Sara Jane Olson
## Underground life, capture, and prosecution {#underground_life_capture_and_prosecution}
In February 1976, a grand jury indicted Soliah in the bombing case. Soliah went underground and became a fugitive for 23 years.
She moved to Minnesota, having assumed the alias Sara Jane Olson. Olson is a comm... | 936 | Sara Jane Olson | 3 |
17,220 | # Sara Jane Olson
## Incarceration and release {#incarceration_and_release}
The state Board of Prison Terms had scrapped Olson\'s original sentence in October 2002 in exchange for a longer 14-year sentence, saying Olson\'s crimes had the potential for great violence and targeted multiple victims. She appealed, and in... | 652 | Sara Jane Olson | 4 |
17,224 | # Kent Recursive Calculator
**KRC** (**Kent Recursive Calculator**) is a lazy functional language developed by David Turner from November 1979 to October 1981 based on SASL, with pattern matching, guards and ZF expressions (now more usually called list comprehensions). Two implementations of KRC were written: David Tu... | 106 | Kent Recursive Calculator | 0 |
17,226 | # Kremvax
**Kremvax** was originally a fictitious Usenet site at the Kremlin, named like the then large number of Usenet VAXen with names of the form *foo*vax. Kremvax was announced on April 1, 1984, in a posting ostensibly originated there by Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko. The posting was actually forged by Piet... | 339 | Kremvax | 0 |
17,227 | # KRL (programming language)
**KRL** is a knowledge representation language, developed by Daniel G. Bobrow and Terry Winograd while at Xerox PARC and Stanford University, respectively. It is a frame-based language.
> KRL was an attempt to produce a language which was nice to read and write for the engineers who had t... | 111 | KRL (programming language) | 0 |
17,232 | # Knowledge Systems Laboratory
**Knowledge Systems Laboratory** (**KSL**) was an artificial intelligence research laboratory within the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University until 2007, located in the Gates Computer Science Building, Stanford. Work focused on knowledge representation for shareable engi... | 147 | Knowledge Systems Laboratory | 0 |
17,240 | # John-F.-Kennedy-Platz
**John-F.-Kennedy-Platz** (John F. Kennedy Square), formerly Rudolph-Wilde-Platz, in the Schöneberg section of Berlin is the square in front of the former city hall of West Berlin (Rathaus Schöneberg). It was here, on June 26, 1963, that US President John F. Kennedy gave his famous speech to th... | 97 | John-F.-Kennedy-Platz | 0 |
17,241 | # Kyoto Common Lisp
**Kyoto Common Lisp** (**KCL**) is an implementation of Common Lisp by Taichi Yuasa and Masami Hagiya, written in C to run under Unix-like operating systems. KCL is compiled to ANSI C. It conforms to Common Lisp as described in the 1984 first edition of Guy Steele\'s book *Common Lisp the Language*... | 181 | Kyoto Common Lisp | 0 |
17,245 | # Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt
**Karl Gustav Henry Folmer Ahlefeldt** (13 March 1910 -- 25 March 1985) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in the Carl Theodor Dreyer masterpiece *Gertrud* (1965).
## Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
------ --------------------... | 57 | Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt | 0 |
17,246 | # Kateretes
***Kateretes*** is a genus of short-winged flower beetles in the family Kateretidae. There are about six described species in *Kateretes*.
## Species
These six species belong to the genus *Kateretes*:
- *Kateretes dalmatinus* (Sturm, 1844)^g^
- *Kateretes flavicans* (Fairmaire, 1860)^g^
- *Kateret... | 81 | Kateretes | 0 |
17,262 | # Caspar Schwenckfeld
**Caspar** (or **Kaspar**) **Schwen(c)kfeld von Ossig** (`{{Audio|GT Caspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig.ogg|listen}}`{=mediawiki}) (1489 or 1490 -- 10 December 1561) was a German theologian, writer, physician, naturalist, and preacher who became a Protestant Reformer and spiritualist. He was one of the... | 826 | Caspar Schwenckfeld | 0 |
17,262 | # Caspar Schwenckfeld
## Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center {#schwenkfelder_library_heritage_center}
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center is a small museum, library and archives in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. It is the only institution dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the history of Schwenkfel... | 71 | Caspar Schwenckfeld | 1 |
17,274 | # Keeshond
The **Keeshond** (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|s|h|ɒ|n|d}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|KAYSS|hond}}`{=mediawiki}, plur. **Keeshonden**) is a medium-sized dog with a plush, two-layer coat of silver and black fur with a ruff and a curled tail. Their closest relatives are the German spitzes such as the *Großspitz* (Large Spi... | 720 | Keeshond | 0 |
17,274 | # Keeshond
## Description
### Temperament
Keeshonden tend to be very playful, with quick reflexes and strong jumping ability. They are thoughtful, eager to please and very quick learners, which means they are also quick to learn things their humans did not intend to teach them. However, Keeshonden make excellent agil... | 529 | Keeshond | 1 |
17,274 | # Keeshond
## History
The Keeshond was named after the 18th-century Dutch Patriot, Cornelis (Kees) de Gyselaer (spelled \'Gijzelaar\' in Modern Dutch), leader of the rebellion against the House of Orange. The dog became the rebels\' symbol; and, when the House of Orange returned to power, this breed almost disappeare... | 601 | Keeshond | 2 |
17,278 | # Kremlin (fortification)
A **kremlin** (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|r|ɛ|m|l|ɪ|n}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|KREM-lin}}`{=mediawiki} `{{IPA||||LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kremlin.wav}}`{=mediawiki}; `{{lang-rus|кремль|r=kreml’|p=ˈkrʲemlʲ|a=LL-Q7737 (rus)-Cinemantique-кремль.wav}}`{=mediawiki}) is a major fortified central complex found ... | 821 | Kremlin (fortification) | 0 |
17,278 | # Kremlin (fortification)
## In Russia {#in_russia}
### World Heritage Sites {#world_heritage_sites}
- Moscow Kremlin (better known simply as the *Kremlin*)
- Novgorod Detinets
- Solovetsky Monastery
- Suzdal Kremlin
- Kazan Kremlin
### Intact
- Astrakhan Kremlin
- Kolomna Kremlin
- Nizhny Novgorod... | 308 | Kremlin (fortification) | 1 |
17,278 | # Kremlin (fortification)
## Outside Russia {#outside_russia}
After the disintegrations of the Kievan Rus, the Russian Empire and the USSR, some fortresses considered Kremlin-type, remained beyond the borders of modern Russia. Some are listed below:
- Belz, Ukraine (only traces)
- Kyiv, Ukraine (reconstructed to... | 145 | Kremlin (fortification) | 2 |
17,284 | # Koo Stark
**Kathleen Norris Stark** (born April 26, 1956), better known as **Koo Stark**, is an American photographer and actress, known for her relationship with Prince Andrew. She is a patron of the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust, which runs the museum of the Victorian pioneer photographer.
## Early life and educat... | 481 | Koo Stark | 0 |
17,284 | # Koo Stark
## Career
### Photography
Stark has worked as a photographer since the 1980s, and may have been the first person to turn the tables on the pursuing paparazzi by taking photos of them. Prince Andrew has told how in 1983 a photographic printer, Gene Nocon, invited Stark to take photographs of people taking ... | 467 | Koo Stark | 1 |
17,284 | # Koo Stark
## Personal life {#personal_life}
Stark has been a practising Buddhist since meeting the Dalai Lama. She continues to live in London and is a member of the Chelsea Arts Club. She is a Patron of the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust, at Dimbola Lodge on the Isle of Wight, home of the Victorian pioneer photograp... | 578 | Koo Stark | 2 |
17,284 | # Koo Stark
## Filmography
### Film
Year Title Role Notes
------ ------------------------------------------------- -------------------- ------------
1974 *All I Want Is You\... and You\... and You\...* Jennifer Ready
1975 *The Rocky H... | 96 | Koo Stark | 3 |
17,296 | # Karl Böttiger
**Karl August Böttiger** (8 June 1760 -- 17 November 1835) was a German archaeologist and classicist, and a prominent member of the literary and artistic circles in Weimar and Jena.
## Biography
Böttiger was born in Reichenbach, in the kingdom of Saxony, and educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig. Under... | 605 | Karl Böttiger | 0 |
17,306 | # Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
The **Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions** were political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. The resolutions argued that the states had the right and the... | 357 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | 0 |
17,306 | # Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
## Provisions of the Resolutions {#provisions_of_the_resolutions}
The resolutions opposed the federal Alien and Sedition Acts, which extended the powers of the federal government. They argued that the Constitution was a \"compact\" or agreement among the states. Therefore, the fede... | 690 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | 1 |
17,306 | # Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
## History of the Resolutions {#history_of_the_resolutions}
There were two sets of **Kentucky Resolutions**. The Kentucky General Assembly passed the first resolution on November 16, 1798, and the second on December 3, 1799. Jefferson wrote the 1798 Resolutions. The author of the 1... | 978 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | 2 |
17,306 | # Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
## History of the Resolutions {#history_of_the_resolutions}
### The Report of 1800 {#the_report_of_1800}
In January 1800, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Report of 1800, a document written by Madison to respond to criticism of the Virginia Resolution by other states. The R... | 500 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | 3 |
17,306 | # Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
## Influence of the Resolutions {#influence_of_the_resolutions}
Although the New England states rejected the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in 1798--99, several years later, the state governments of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island threatened to ignore the Embargo Ac... | 922 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | 4 |
17,306 | # Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
## Importance of the Resolutions {#importance_of_the_resolutions}
Merrill Peterson, Jefferson\'s otherwise very favorable biographer, emphasizes the negative long-term impact of the Resolutions, calling them \"dangerous\" and a product of \"hysteria\":
Jefferson\'s biographer Duma... | 285 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | 5 |
17,307 | # Keystone Cops
The **Keystone Cops** (often spelled \"**Keystone Kops**\") are fictional, humorously incompetent policemen featured in silent film slapstick comedies produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Film Company between 1912 and 1917.
## History
thumb\|upright=1.2\|The Keystone Cops in a typical pose from ... | 363 | Keystone Cops | 0 |
17,307 | # Keystone Cops
## Revivals
Mack Sennett continued to use the Keystone Cops intermittently through the 1920s, but their popularity had waned by the time that sound films arrived. In 1935, director Ralph Staub staged a revival of the Sennett gang for his Warner Brothers short subject *Keystone Hotel*, featuring a re-c... | 301 | Keystone Cops | 1 |
17,307 | # Keystone Cops
## In popular culture {#in_popular_culture}
The name has since been used to criticize any group for its mistakes and lack of coordination, particularly if either trait was exhibited after a great deal of energy and activity. For example, in criticizing the Department of Homeland Security\'s response t... | 277 | Keystone Cops | 2 |
17,313 | # Kenneth MacAlpin
**Kenneth MacAlpin** (*label=\[\[Medieval Gaelic\]\]*; *label=\[\[Scottish Gaelic\]\]*; 810 -- 13 February 858) or **Kenneth I** was King of Dál Riada (841--850), and King of the Picts (848--858), of likely Gaelic origin. According to the traditional account, he inherited the throne of Dál Riada fro... | 526 | Kenneth MacAlpin | 0 |
17,313 | # Kenneth MacAlpin
## Life and reign {#life_and_reign}
### Early years {#early_years}
Kenneth MacAlpin is believed to have been born around 810 on the island of Iona, which is part of modern-day Scotland. After his father\'s death, Kenneth succeeded him as the King of Dál Riada. His coronation took place in 840 or 8... | 635 | Kenneth MacAlpin | 1 |
17,313 | # Kenneth MacAlpin
## Life and reign {#life_and_reign}
### King of Alba {#king_of_alba}
According to historical tradition, a new kingdom was formed after Kenneth annexed the kingdom of the Picts. This kingdom\'s Gaelic name was Alba, which was later replaced with Scotia and Scotland. The rulers of the kingdom initial... | 521 | Kenneth MacAlpin | 2 |
17,313 | # Kenneth MacAlpin
## Death and succession {#death_and_succession}
According to the *Annals of Ulster*, Kenneth died in 858. The *Chronicle of the Kings of Alba* states he died in February in Forteviot due to a tumour. Historians suggest this date might be 13 February. Kenneth was buried in Iona Abbey. Succession in ... | 300 | Kenneth MacAlpin | 3 |
17,314 | # Khandi Alexander
**Harriet Rene** \"**Khandi**\" **Alexander** (born September 4, 1957) is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress. She began her career as a dancer in the 1980s, and was a choreographer for Whitney Houston\'s world tours from 1988 to 1992.
During the 1990s, Alexander appeared in a number of ... | 291 | Khandi Alexander | 0 |
17,314 | # Khandi Alexander
## Career
Alexander began her acting career in the late 1980s. She made her television debut on the 1985 sketch-comedy show *FTV*. Since the early 1990s, Alexander has concentrated on film and TV, playing supporting roles in several movies, including *CB4*, *Joshua Tree*, *What\'s Love Got to Do wi... | 439 | Khandi Alexander | 1 |
17,314 | # Khandi Alexander
## Filmography
### Film
Year Film Role Notes
------ ---------------------------------- --------------------------- -------
1985 *Streetwalkin\'* Star
*A Chorus Line* ... | 308 | Khandi Alexander | 2 |
17,333 | # Khoisan languages
The **Khoisan languages** (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɔɪ|s|ɑː|n}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respelling|KOY|sahn}}`{=mediawiki}; also **Khoesan** or **Khoesaan**) are a number of African languages once classified together, originally by Joseph Greenberg. Khoisan is defined as those languages that have click consonants an... | 365 | Khoisan languages | 0 |
17,333 | # Khoisan languages
## Validity
Khoisan was proposed as one of the four families of African languages in Joseph Greenberg\'s classification (1949--1954, revised in 1963). However, linguists who study Khoisan languages reject their unity, and the name \"Khoisan\" is used by them as a term of convenience without any im... | 488 | Khoisan languages | 1 |
17,333 | # Khoisan languages
## Families
alt=Khoisan language map\|thumb\|upright=2\|Present distribution of speakers of Khoisan languages
The branches that were once considered part of so-called Khoisan are now considered independent families, since it has not been demonstrated that they are related according to the standar... | 862 | Khoisan languages | 2 |
17,339 | # Kendall Square Research
**Kendall Square Research** (**KSR**) was a supercomputer company headquartered originally in Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1986, near Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It was co-founded by Steven Frank and Henry Burkhardt III, who had formerly helped found Data Gen... | 352 | Kendall Square Research | 0 |
17,339 | # Kendall Square Research
## Technology
### Hardware
The KSR-1 processor was implemented as a four-chip set in 1.2 micrometer complementary metal--oxide--semiconductor (CMOS). These chips were: the cell execution unit, the floating point unit, the arithmetic logic unit, and the external I/O unit (XIO). The CEU handle... | 540 | Kendall Square Research | 1 |
17,339 | # Kendall Square Research
## History
As the company scaled up quickly to enter production, they moved in the late 1980s to 170 Tracer Lane, Waltham, Massachusetts.
KSR refocused its efforts from the scientific to the commercial marketplace, with emphasis on parallel relational databases and OLTP operations. It then ... | 484 | Kendall Square Research | 2 |
17,339 | # Kendall Square Research
## Competition
KSR\'s competitors included MasPar Computer Corporation, Thinking Machines, Meiko Scientific, and various old-line (and still surviving) companies like IBM and Intel | 27 | Kendall Square Research | 3 |
17,341 | # Kinglassie
**Kinglassie** (Scottish Gaelic: *Cill Ghlaise*) is a small village and parish in central Fife, Scotland. It is located two miles southwest of Glenrothes. It has a population of around `{{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Kinglassie}}`{=mediawiki} (`{{Scottish settlement population citation|year}}`{=m... | 872 | Kinglassie | 0 |
17,341 | # Kinglassie
## Culture
- The Kinglassie & District Pipe Band was reformed in 1982. It is currently in Grade 4a and its members are mostly of school age.
- Fife mining museum, formed in 1992, is located in Kinglassie at the back of the Kinglassie Miners Welfare Institute. The museum closed recently.
- The town ... | 252 | Kinglassie | 1 |
17,351 | # Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
**Khwaja Ahmad Abbas** (7 June 1914 -- 1 June 1987) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English.
He won four National Film Awards in India. Internationally, his films won the *italic=no* (Golden Palm Grand Prize) at Cannes Film Festival (out of t... | 309 | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | 0 |
17,351 | # Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
## Biography
### Family background {#family_background}
Abbas belonged to the Ansari family of Panipat, tracing its roots back to Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a close companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and among the famed personalities that it produced we find: the 12th century Sufi saint Abdull... | 276 | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | 1 |
17,351 | # Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
## Career
### Journalism
After leaving university,K.A Abbas began his career as a journalist at the *National Call*, a New Delhi-based newspaper. Later while studying law in 1934, started *Aligarh Opinion*.
He joined *The Bombay Chronicle* in 1935 as a political correspondent and later, became ... | 652 | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | 2 |
17,351 | # Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
## Awards and honours {#awards_and_honours}
### Films
- 1942: BFJA Awards: Best Screenplay: *Naya Sansar* (1941)
- 1946: Wrote screenplay for *\[\[Neecha Nagar\]\]*, which became the only Indian film to win the *italic=no* (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 1951: Wrote screenplay... | 267 | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | 3 |
17,351 | # Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
## Filmography
- *Naya Sansar* (1941) -- Screenplay, Story
- \(1946\) -- Screenwriter, director, producer
- \(1946\) -- Screenwriter, Story
- \(1946\) -- Screenwriter
- \(1947\) -- Director
- *Awara* (1951) -- Screenwriter, Dialogue
- *Anhonee* (1952) -- Screenwriter, Dialogue... | 335 | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | 4 |
17,351 | # Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
## Books
He wrote 74 books in English, Urdu and Hindi, including:
- *Outside India: The Adventures of a Roving Reporter*, Hali Pub. House, Delhi, 1939.
- *An Indian looks at America* (The Rampart library of good reading), 1943.
- *An Indian looks at America*, Thacker, Bombay, 1943.
- *To... | 592 | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | 5 |
17,353 | # Katherine MacLean
**Katherine Anne MacLean** (January 22, 1925 -- September 1, 2019) was an American science fiction author best known for her short fiction of the 1950s which examined the impact of technological advances on individuals and society.
## Profile
Damon Knight wrote, \"As a science fiction writer she ... | 355 | Katherine MacLean | 0 |
17,353 | # Katherine MacLean
## Short stories and novelettes {#short_stories_and_novelettes}
- \"Defense Mechanism\" (1949). This tale of hidden telepathic abilities was Katherine MacLean\'s first story to see print when it was published in *Astounding Science Fiction* (October, 1949).
- \"And Be Merry\" (1950). Originall... | 1,452 | Katherine MacLean | 1 |
17,353 | # Katherine MacLean
## Short stories and novelettes {#short_stories_and_novelettes}
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- \"The Kidnapping of Baroness 5\" (1995) Originally published in *Analog*; republished in the anthologies *Women of Other Worlds* (edited by Helen Merrick & Tess Williams) and *A Woman\'s Liberation* (edited... | 253 | Katherine MacLean | 2 |
17,353 | # Katherine MacLean
## Memoir
- For Martin Greenberg\'s *Fantastic Lives: Autobiographical Essays by Notable Science Fiction Writers* (Southern Illinois University Press, 1981) she wrote \"The Expanding Mind,\" a memoir of her youth and the impact of science fiction on the mind of a young girl.
- For Eric Leif Da... | 130 | Katherine MacLean | 3 |
17,372 | # Klement Gottwald
**Klement Gottwald** (`{{IPA|cs|ˈklɛmɛnt ˈɡotvalt}}`{=mediawiki}; 23 November 1896 -- 14 March 1953) was a Czech communist politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953 -- titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman from 1945 to ... | 416 | Klement Gottwald | 0 |
17,372 | # Klement Gottwald
## Career
### Sports instructor and journalist {#sports_instructor_and_journalist}
After the collapse of the Workers\' Gymnastic Union, the Communist-oriented party of the organization split off in 1921 and created the Federation of Workers\' Gymnastic Unions (FDTJ). Gottwald was able to unify the... | 658 | Klement Gottwald | 1 |
17,372 | # Klement Gottwald
## Сoup d\'état {#сoup_détat}
By the summer of 1947, however, the KSČ\'s popularity had significantly dwindled, particularly after the Soviets pressured Czechoslovakia to turn down Marshall Plan aid after initially accepting it. Most observers believed Gottwald would be turned out of office at the ... | 398 | Klement Gottwald | 2 |
17,372 | # Klement Gottwald
## Leadership of Czechoslovakia {#leadership_of_czechoslovakia}
Gottwald initially tried to take a semi-independent line. However, that changed shortly after a meeting with Stalin. Under Stalin\'s direction, Gottwald imposed the Stalinist Soviet model of government on the country. He nationalized t... | 621 | Klement Gottwald | 3 |
17,375 | # Kettlebaston
**Kettlebaston** is a village and a civil parish with just over 30 inhabitants in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England, located around 3 mi east of Lavenham. From the 2011 Census the population of the village was not maintained and is included in the civil parish of Chelsworth. It derives its name f... | 670 | Kettlebaston | 0 |
17,375 | # Kettlebaston
## Notable residents {#notable_residents}
- Patrick Murdoch ( -1774); author, publisher and mathematician | 15 | Kettlebaston | 1 |
17,378 | # Karl Amadeus Hartmann
**Karl Amadeus Hartmann** (2 August 1905 -- 5 December 1963) was a German composer. A major figure of the musical life of post-war Germany, he has been described as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century.
## Life
Born in Munich, the son of Friedrich Richard Hartmann, and the young... | 744 | Karl Amadeus Hartmann | 0 |
17,378 | # Karl Amadeus Hartmann
## Output and style {#output_and_style}
Hartmann completed a number of works, most notably eight symphonies. The first of these, and perhaps emblematic of the difficult genesis of many of his works, is Symphony No. 1, *Essay for a Requiem* (*Versuch eines Requiems*). It began in 1936 as a cant... | 423 | Karl Amadeus Hartmann | 1 |
17,378 | # Karl Amadeus Hartmann
## Reputation and legacy {#reputation_and_legacy}
Significantly, `{{clarify span|text=no major West German conductor|explain=Leitner not "major"?|date=March 2014}}`{=mediawiki} championed his music following his death: Scherchen, his most noted advocate, died in 1966. Some have suggested that ... | 790 | Karl Amadeus Hartmann | 2 |
17,382 | # Kobellite
**Kobellite** is a gray, fibrous, metallic mineral with the chemical formula `{{chem2|Pb22Cu4(Bi,Sb)30S69}}`{=mediawiki}. It is also a sulfide mineral consisting of antimony, bismuth, and lead. It is a member of the izoklakeite -- berryite series with silver and iron substituting in the copper site and a v... | 93 | Kobellite | 0 |
17,383 | # Kayak
A **kayak** is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle. The word *kayak* originates from the Inuktitut word *qajaq* (`{{IPA|kl|qajɑq|IPA}}`{=mediawiki}). In British English, the kayak is also considered to be a kind of canoe.
There are countless di... | 285 | Kayak | 0 |
17,383 | # Kayak
## History
Kayaks (Inuktitut: *qajaq* (ᖃᔭᖅ `{{IPA|iu|qaˈjaq}}`{=mediawiki}), Yup\'ik: *qayaq* (from *qai-* \"surface; top\"), Aleut: *Iqyax*) were originally developed by the Inuit, Yup\'ik, and Aleut. They used the boats to hunt on inland lakes, rivers and coastal waters of the Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic, ... | 570 | Kayak | 1 |
17,383 | # Kayak
## 20th century & contemporary kayaks {#th_century_contemporary_kayaks}
Contemporary traditional-style kayaks trace their origins primarily to the native boats of Alaska, northern Canada, and Southwest Greenland. The use of fabric kayaks on wooden frames called a foldboat or folding kayak (German Faltboot or ... | 785 | Kayak | 2 |
17,383 | # Kayak
## Design principles {#design_principles}
Typically, kayak design is largely a matter of trade-offs: directional stability (\"tracking\") vs maneuverability; stability vs speed; and primary vs secondary stability. Multihull kayaks face a different set of trade-offs. The paddler\'s body shape and size is an in... | 650 | Kayak | 3 |
17,383 | # Kayak
## Design principles {#design_principles}
### Beam profile {#beam_profile}
The overall width of a kayak\'s cross-section is its *beam*. A wide hull is more stable and packs more displacement into a shorter length. A narrow hull has less drag and is generally easier to paddle; in waves, it will ride more easil... | 982 | Kayak | 4 |
17,383 | # Kayak
## Design principles {#design_principles}
### Seating position and contact points {#seating_position_and_contact_points}
Traditional-style and some modern types of kayaks (e.g. sit-on-top) require that paddler be seated with their legs stretched in front of them, in a right angle, in a position called the \"L... | 230 | Kayak | 5 |
17,383 | # Kayak
## Materials and construction {#materials_and_construction}
Today almost all kayaks are commercial products intended for sale rather than for the builder\'s personal use.
Fiberglass hulls are stiffer than polyethylene hulls, but they are more prone to damage from impact, including cracking. Most modern kayak... | 835 | Kayak | 6 |
17,383 | # Kayak
## Modern design {#modern_design}
Most modern kayaks differ greatly from the original traditional subarctic kayaks in design, manufacturing and usage. They are often designed with computer-aided design (CAD) software, often in combination with CAD customized for naval design.
Modern kayaks serve diverse purp... | 417 | Kayak | 7 |
17,383 | # Kayak
## Types
### Sea
*Sea kayaks* are typically designed for travel by one, two or even three paddlers on open water and in many cases trade maneuverability for seaworthiness, stability, and cargo capacity. Sea-kayak sub-types include \"skin-on-frame\" kayaks with traditionally constructed frames, open-deck \"sit... | 1,009 | Kayak | 8 |
17,383 | # Kayak
## Types
### Racing
#### Whitewater {#whitewater_1}
White water racers combine a fast, unstable lower hull portion with a flared upper hull portion to combine flat water racing speed with extra stability in open water: they are not fitted with rudders and have similar maneuverability to flat water racers. Th... | 369 | Kayak | 9 |
17,383 | # Kayak
## Types
### Specialty and hybrids {#specialty_and_hybrids}
The term \"kayak\" is increasingly applied to craft that look little like traditional kayaks.
#### Inflatable
Inflatables, also known as the *duckies* or *IKs*, can usually be transported by hand using a carry bag. They are generally made of hypalo... | 909 | Kayak | 10 |
17,392 | # Konqueror
conqueror}}
**Konqueror** is a free and open-source web browser and file manager that provides web access and file-viewer functionality for file systems (such as local files, files on a remote FTP server and files in a disk image). It forms a core part of the KDE Software Compilation. Developed by volunte... | 473 | Konqueror | 0 |
17,392 | # Konqueror
## Web browser {#web_browser}
Konqueror has been developed as an autonomous web browser project. It uses KHTML as its browser engine, which is compliant with HTML and supports JavaScript, CSS, SSL, and other relevant open standards. An alternative layout engine, *kwebkitpart*, is available from the Extrag... | 704 | Konqueror | 1 |
17,392 | # Konqueror
## Konqueror Embedded {#konqueror_embedded}
An embedded systems version, **Konqueror Embedded** was previously [available](https://web.archive.org/web/20190322005854/http://www.konqueror.org/embedded/). Unlike the full version of Konqueror, Embedded Konqueror is purely a web browser. It does not require K... | 279 | Konqueror | 2 |
17,395 | # Kutia
**Kutia** or **kutya** (*куцця* `{{IPA|be|kuˈt͡sʲːa|}}`{=mediawiki}; *кутья* `{{IPA|ru|kʊˈtʲja|}}`{=mediawiki}; *кутя* `{{IPA|uk|kʊˈtʲɑ||LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Tohaomg-кутя.wav}}`{=mediawiki}) is a ceremonial grain dish with sweet gravy traditionally served mostly by Eastern Orthodox Christians and some Catholic Chris... | 824 | Kutia | 0 |
17,395 | # Kutia
## Other countries {#other_countries}
A dish of boiled grains (usually wheat berries) mixed with honey, nuts, spices, and a few other ingredients is traditional in other countries as well:
- Bulgaria -- kolivo
- Greece -- koliva
- Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan -- ameh masslouk or snuniye
- Romania --... | 110 | Kutia | 1 |
17,398 | # Knaresborough Castle
**Knaresborough Castle** is a ruined fortress overlooking the River Nidd in the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England.
## History
The castle was first built by a Norman baron in c. 1100 on a cliff above the River Nidd. There is documentary evidence dating from 1130 referring to works... | 506 | Knaresborough Castle | 0 |
17,398 | # Knaresborough Castle
## Description
The castle, now much ruined, comprised two walled baileys set one behind the other, with the outer bailey on the town side and the inner bailey on the cliff side. The enclosure wall was punctuated by solid towers along its length, and a pair, visible today, formed the main gate. ... | 403 | Knaresborough Castle | 1 |
17,405 | # Kowtow
A **kowtow** `{{IPAc-en|'|k|au|t|au}}`{=mediawiki} (`{{zh|t=叩頭|s=叩头}}`{=mediawiki}) is the act of deep respect shown by prostration, that is, kneeling and bowing so low as to have one\'s head touching the ground. In Sinospheric culture, the kowtow is the highest sign of reverence. It was widely used to show r... | 609 | Kowtow | 0 |
17,405 | # Kowtow
## Religion
Prostration is a general practice in Buddhism, and not restricted to China. The kowtow is often performed in groups of three before Buddhist statues and images or tombs of the dead. In Buddhism it is more commonly termed either \"worship with the crown (of the head)\" (頂禮 ding li) or \"casting th... | 276 | Kowtow | 1 |
17,405 | # Kowtow
## Diplomacy
The word \"kowtow\" came into English in the early 19th century to describe the bow itself, but its meaning soon shifted to describe any abject submission or groveling. The term is still commonly used in English with this meaning, disconnected from the physical act and the East Asian context.`{{... | 468 | Kowtow | 2 |
17,409 | # Kuznetsov
*Kuznetsov*-class aircraft carrier}} **Kuznetsov**, **Kuznyetsov**, **Kuznetsoff**, or **Kouznetsov** (masculine, *Кузнецов*) or **Kuznetsova** (feminine, *Кузнецова*) is the third most common Russian surname, an equivalent of the English \"Smith\" (derived from a Russian word *kuznets* that means *blacksm... | 546 | Kuznetsov | 0 |
17,414 | # Icehenge
***Icehenge*** is a science fiction novel by American author Kim Stanley Robinson, published in 1984.
Though published almost ten years before Robinson\'s Mars trilogy, and taking place in a different version of the future, *Icehenge* contains elements that also appear in his Mars series, such as extreme h... | 368 | Icehenge | 0 |
17,430 | # Calligra Words
**Calligra Words** is a word processor, which is part of Calligra Suite and developed by KDE as free software.
## History
When the Calligra Suite was formed, unlike the other Calligra applications Words was not a continuation of the corresponding KOffice application -- KWord. The Words was largely w... | 190 | Calligra Words | 0 |
17,431 | # Kenneth Lee Pike
**Kenneth Lee Pike** (June 9, 1912 -- December 31, 2000) was an American linguist and anthropologist. He was the originator of the theory of tagmemics, the coiner of the terms \"emic\" and \"etic\" and the developer of the constructed language Kalaba-X for use in teaching the theory and practice of ... | 292 | Kenneth Lee Pike | 0 |
17,431 | # Kenneth Lee Pike
## Work
Pike is best known for his distinction between the *emic* and the *etic*. \"Emic\" (as in \"phonemics\") refers to the role of cultural and linguistic categories as understood from within the cultural or linguistic system that they are a part of, while \"etic\" (as in \"phonetics\") refers ... | 489 | Kenneth Lee Pike | 1 |
17,439 | # K-Meleon
\| operating system = Microsoft Windows \| genre = Web browser \| engines = Gecko, Goanna layout engine \| language count = 7 \| license = GPL \| website = `{{Official URL}}`{=mediawiki} \| standard = HTML5, CSS3, Atom }}
**K-Meleon** is a free and open-source, lightweight web browser for Microsoft Windows... | 273 | K-Meleon | 0 |
17,439 | # K-Meleon
## History
Christophe Thibault started the K-Meleon project in the 2000s, when many new browsers were launched. To open-source their once-dominant Netscape Communicator Internet suite, Netscape founded the Mozilla project. K-Meleon was one of several browsers to use Mozilla\'s browser engine Gecko. Thibaul... | 935 | K-Meleon | 1 |
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