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Q , or q , is the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet.
Q may also refer to:
People
Q (drag queen)
Q, pseudonym of Sir
Arthur Quiller-Couch , the Cornish writer
Q, pseudonym used by the
originator of QAnon , an American far-right conspiracy theory
Q, pseudonym of
Quentin Elias in his appearances in gay porn site Randy Blue
Q, stage name for
Qurram Hussain of JoSH
Q, stage name for
Q Marsden
Q, nickname for NBA assistant coach
Bruce Fraser
Q, or Q Martel, nicknames of
Giffard Le Quesne Martel
Q, nickname for
Joel Quenneville
Q, nickname of
Qaushiq Mukherjee , an Indian film director
Q, nickname of
Quincy Jones
Q, nickname of American basketball player
Quintin Dailey (1961–2010)
Q, nickname of former American football player
Anquan Boldin
Q, main dancer and vocalist of South Korean boy band
The Boyz
Maggie Q (born 1979), American actress
Schoolboy Q , rapper
Stacey Q , disco singer
Brian "Q" Quinn , member of the American comedy troupe The Tenderloins
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
Literature
Q (magazine) , British music magazine
Q Awards , yearly music awards given by Q magazine
Q (novel) , historical novel by Luther Blissett first published in Italian in 1999
Q source , also known as Q document, a hypothetical early Gospel writing (Bible)
"Q" Is for Quarry , the seventeenth novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet mystery" series, published in 2002
Music
Q (1970s band) , an American disco group
SSQ (band) , formerly Q, an American synth-pop band
Q (album) , Japanese language album by Mr. Children, 2000
Q , jazz album by
Tom Hasslan 's Krokofant
"Q" (song) , by Mental Cube (The Future Sound of London), 1990
"Q", a song by
AAA , 2006
Networks, stations, and channels
Q (TV network) , Philippine network previously known as Quality TeleVision (QTV)
ARY Qtv , a Pakistani television channel
Q Radio , a UK radio station run by Q magazine
Q Television Network , an American cable television network
Q TV , a UK music channel based on Q magazine
Q Channel, former names of
BTV , an Indonesian television network
Other titled works
Business and government
Q (dairy) , Norwegian dairy brand
Q clearance , United States Department of Energy security clearance
Q Score , in marketing, way to measure the familiarity of an item
Q Theatre , a theatre in London, England
Q-telecom , Greek operator
Motorola Q , smartphone released in 2006
Pentax Q , mirrorless interchangeable lens camera released in 2011
Tobin's q , a financial ratio developed by James Tobin
Computing and computer games
Amazon Q , AI–powered assistant released in 2023
Q (cipher) , encryption algorithm
Q (emulator) , open-source x86 emulator for Mac OS X
Q (equational programming language) , functional programming language based on term rewriting
Q (game engine) , 3D middleware from Qube Software
Q-learning , AI algorithm
Q (number format) , fixed-point number format built into certain computer processors
Q (programming language from Kx Systems) , array processing language
Q (software) , a computer software package for molecular dynamics simulation
Q Sharp (Q#), domain-specific programming language
Q, a channel service in
QuakeNet 's IRC services
Panasonic Q , a hybrid video game console between a GameCube and a DVD player, manufactured by Nintendo and Panasonic
Q* , a rumored OpenAI project
Q Entertainment , developer of Rez HD and the Lumines and Meteos games
Q-Games , developer of the Pixel Junk series of PlayStation 3 games
Engineering
Q, the standard abbreviation for an electronic
transistor , used e.g. in circuit diagrams
Q the
first moment of area , used in calculating shear stress distributions
Q, the
reactive power component of apparent power
Q Factor (bicycles) , the width between where the pedals attach to the cranks
Q factor or Q in resonant systems, a measurement of the effect of resistance to oscillation
Linguistics
Mathematics
Science
Biology and chemistry
Q, the symbol for
discharge (hydrology)
q, an abbreviation for "every" in
medicine
Q, abbreviation for the amino acid,
glutamine
Q, abbreviation for
quinone
q, designation for the
long arm of a chromosome
Q,
reaction quotient
Cardiac output (Q), the volume of blood pumped by each ventricle per minute
Coenzyme Q , a carrier in electron transport
Haplogroup Q (mtDNA) , a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup
Haplogroup Q-M242 (Y-DNA) , a Y-chromosomal DNA (Y-DNA) haplogroup
Q value (nuclear science) , the differences of energies of the parent nuclides to the daughter nuclides
Physics and astronomy
Q or q,
dynamic pressure
Q,
electric charge
q,
elementary charge
Q,
Fusion energy gain factor
Q,
heat
q,
momentum transfer
Q,
quasar
q, quecto-, a
metric prefix of 10−30
Q, quetta-, a
metric prefix of 1030
Q,
Toomre's Stability Criterion
Q,
volumetric flow rate
q,
quark
Sports
Great Southern Bank Arena , formerly JQH Arena, a nickname for the arena on the campus of Missouri State University
Q (San Jose Earthquakes mascot) , furry blue mascot of the Major League Soccer team San Jose Earthquakes
San Diego Stadium , later Qualcomm Stadium, a nickname for a stadium in San Diego, California
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League , often referred to as "The Q"
Q, a nickname for
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse , Cleveland, Ohio; from the arena's previous name, Quicken Loans Arena
Transportation
Other uses
Q Society of Australia , right-wing, anti-Islamic political society
Q, a nickname for Chuluaqui-Quodoushka, a series of New Age sexual meditation exercises developed by
Harley Reagan
Quintals , an archaic method of measuring crop yield, was often abbreviated as q
Quarter, as in "Q1", "Q2", "Q3" and "Q4", a three-month period in a
calendar year
Q. texture , a Taiwanese term describing the ideal texture of many foods
Initiative Q , a new payment network and digital currency devised by Saar Wilf
Quebec , the military time zone code for UTC−04:00
Sky Q , a subscription-based television and entertainment service
The Q (nightclub) , an LGBT nightclub in New York City
See also
Topics referred to by the same term