VK, Vk or vk may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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Visual kei
, abbreviated , is a category of Japanese musicians that have a strong focus on extravagant stage costumes that originated in Japan during the early 1980s. Koji Dejima of '' Bounce'' wrote that visual kei is not a specific sound, but rather it " ...
, a movement among Japanese musicians
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Voight-Kampff machine, in the science fiction film ''Blade Runner''
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de Volkskrant
''De Volkskrant'' (; ), stylized as de Volkskrant, is a Dutch daily morning newspaper. Founded in 1919, it has a nationwide circulation of about 250,000.
Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium- ...
'', a Dutch daily newspaper
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Vedanta Kesari'', an English-language monthly magazine in India
Companies
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VK (company)
VK, known as Mail.ru Group until 12 October 2021, is a Russian technology company. It started in 1998 as the parent company of Mail.ru, an e-mail service and went on to become a major corporate figure in the Russian-speaking segment of the Int ...
, a Russian internet company
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VK (service)
(short for its original name ''VKontakte''; , meaning ''InContact'') is a Russian online social media and social networking service based in Saint Petersburg. VK is available in multiple languages but it is predominantly used by Russian speake ...
, a Russian social network
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VK Mobile, a Korean mobile phone manufacturer
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Air Nigeria (former IATA code: VK), a 2004–2012 airline
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Level Europe (former IATA code: VK), a 2017–2020 Austrian airline
Science and technology
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Akai VK
VK is a helical scan analog recording videocassette format developed by Akai in the late 1970s, that is capable of recording and playing back black & white (and later color) video in either EIA (a.k.a. RS-170, the 525-line NTSC video standard ...
, a portable helical scan EIA video VTR
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Holden Commodore (VK)
The Holden Commodore (VK) is a mid-size car that was produced by Holden from 1984 to 1986. It was the fourth iteration of the first generation of the Holden Commodore and introduced the luxury variant, Holden Calais (VK) sedan.
Overview
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, a 1984–1986 model of GM Holden's Commodore car
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Vulkan
Vulkan is a cross-platform API and open standard for 3D graphics and computing. It was intended to address the shortcomings of OpenGL, and allow developers more control over the GPU. It is designed to support a wide variety of GPUs, CPUs and o ...
, a 3D graphics and computing standard
Other uses
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VK (drink), an alcopop sold in the UK
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Versuchskampffahrzeug
This is a list of VK-designated tanks made by Germany from 1930s until 1945.
''Versuchskonstruktion'' (abbreviated to VK or Vs.Kfz.) from ''Versuchs Kraftfahrzeug'' meaning "research/experimental vehicle," was used in the names of some German ex ...
'', a designation of some German tanks
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Vertical kilometer
In skyrunning, a vertical kilometer is an uphill mountain running race with an elevation gain of 1,000 metres. The Vertical Kilometer World Circuit also defines it as covering less than 5 km. Trekking poles, which are allowed as optional acces ...
, an uphill mountain running race
* VK, the prefix of
amateur radio call signs
Amateur radio call signs are allocated to amateur radio operators around the world. The call signs are used to legally identify the station or operator, with some countries requiring the station call sign to always be used and others allowing the ...
allocated to Australian operators
See also
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Cirrus VK-30, an American homebuilt aircraft
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VKS (disambiguation)
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