PK or pk may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Gaming

Probability of kill Computer games, simulations, models, and operations research programs often require a mechanism to determine statistically how likely the engagement between a weapon and a target will result in a satisfactory outcome (i.e. "kill"), known as the prob ...

(P_k), in computer games, simulations, models, and operations research * '' Disney's PK: Out of the Shadows'', a 2002 video game *

Player killing Player versus player (PvP) is a type of multiplayer interactive conflict within a game between human players. This is often compared to player versus environment (PvE), in which the game itself controls its players' opponents. The terms are mo ...

, player versus player conflict in MMORPGs and MUDs

Other media

* ''PK'' (film), a 2014 Indian film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and starring Aamir Khan *

Paperinik Donald Duck, a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company, is today the star of dozens of comic-book and comic-strip stories published each month (in certain parts of the world, each week) around the world. In many European countries, ...

, a cartoon character * Peacekeepers (''Farscape''), in the ''Farscape'' television show

Organisations

Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan International Airlines ( ur, ; abbreviated PIA, ur, ) is an international airline that serves as the national flag carrier of Pakistan under the administrative control of the Secretary to the Government of Pakistan for Aviation. It ...

(IATA airline code) * Polyteknikkojen Kuoro, a Finnish academic male choir *

Promise Keepers Promise Keepers is an Evangelical Christian parachurch organization for men. It originated in the United States, but independent branches have also been established in Canada and New Zealand. Promise Keepers describes its goal as "to bring abo ...

, a Christian men's organization * Swedish Publicists' Association (Swedish: ), Swedish journalist organization

People

P.K (producer) Future house is a house music genre that emerged in the 2010s in the United Kingdom, described as a fusion of deep house, UK garage and incorporating other elements and techniques of other Electronic dance music, EDM genres. It is high in ene ...

, of the South Korean music production duo Future Bounce *

P. K. van der Byl Pieter Kenyon Fleming-Voltelyn van der Byl (11 November 1923 – 15 November 1999) was a Rhodesian politician who served as his country's Foreign Minister from 1974 to 1979 as a member of the Rhodesian Front (RF). A close associate of Pr ...

(1923–1999), Rhodesian politician * P. K. Subban (born 1989), hockey player * Paul Kalkbrenner (born 1977), electronic musician * Phil Katz (1962–2000), creator of the PKZIP file compression software * Philip K. Wrigley (1894–1977), American chewing gum manufacturer * Paul Kagame (born 1957), President of Rwanda * Patricia Karvelas, Australian radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent

Places

* PK, or Busan–Gyeongnam Area, a metropolitan area in South Korea * Pakistan (ISO country code) * Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas, US * Pickering, Ontario, Canada * Peking, old name of Beijing

Science and technology

Chemistry and pharmacology

* pK, negative logarithm of the dissociation constant#Acid–base reactions, dissociation constant K (-logK) * Pharmacokinetics, a branch of pharmacology dedicated to determining the fate of substances administered to a living organism

Computing

* PK, a magic number commonly used in the Zip (file format), Zip file format * .pk, the country code top level domain (ccTLD) for Pakistan * Port knocking, a method of externally opening ports on a firewall * Public-key cryptography

Other uses in science and technology

* PK machine gun, a Soviet weapon, abbreviated from ''Pulemyot Kalashnikova'' (Kalashnikov machine gun) * Horsepower (Dutch abbreviation ''paardenkracht'') * Pentax K-mount, a camera lens mount * Catalogue of galactic planetary nebulae (Perek-Kohoutek), in astronomy * Renault PK, a car made by Pars Khodro between 2000 and 2005

Sports

* Parkour, the activity or sport of moving rapidly through an area, typically urban, negotiating obstacles by running, jumping, and climbing * Penalty kick (association football) * Penalty kill, in ice hockey * Placekicker, in American football

Other uses

* ''Point kilométrique'' (English: Kilometric point), a measurement of distance travelled * Preacher's kid, a child of a pastor * SAS President Kruger (F150), SAS ''President Kruger'' (F150), a former ship of the South African Navy * Psychokinesis, an alleged psychic ability allowing a person to influence objects without physical interaction * Pre-kindergarten * Indonesia (aircraft registration prefix PK)