BAK
Encyclopedia
Acronyms
- Bcl-2 homologous antagonist killerBcl-2 homologous antagonist killerBcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BAK1 gene. BAK1 orthologs have been identified in most mammals for which complete genome data are available....
, a protein involved in pro-apoptotic action - Betrayal at KrondorBetrayal at KrondorBetrayal at Krondor is a DOS-based computer role-playing game developed by Dynamix and published by Sierra On-Line in 1993. Betrayal at Krondor takes place largely in Midkemia, the fantasy world developed by Raymond E. Feist in his Riftwar novels...
, an acclaimed 1993 role-playing game on the PC - Biking Across KansasBiking Across KansasBiking Across Kansas is an annual recreational and social rally for bicyclists across the state of Kansas, United States.The first was in 1975. It has been held annually each June. The route varies and has traversed all 105 counties of the state. More than 800 bicyclists from Kansas and other...
Places
- Bak DistrictBak DistrictBäk District is situated in the northern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan. It borders Sabari District to the west, Paktia Province and Jaji Maydan District to the north, Pakistan to the east and Tere Zayi District to the south. The population is 19,600 . The district center is the village of...
, Afghanistan - Bak, HungaryBak, Hungary- External links :*...
, a village in Hungary - Bak, Paktia. a place in Paktia ProvincePaktia ProvincePaktia , is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, in the east of the country. Its capital is Gardez. The population is predominantly Pashtun.- History:...
, Afghanistan - Bąk (disambiguation), several places in Poland
- Columbus Municipal Airport (Indiana) (FAA airport code: BAK) in Columbus, Indiana, United States
- Heydar Aliyev Airport (previous IATA airport code: BAK, has been changed to: GYD), in Baku, Azerbaijan
People
- Aad BakAad BakAdrianus Johannes Bak was a Dutch professional football player....
(1926–2009), Dutch football player - Arkadiusz BąkArkadiusz BakArkadiusz Bąk is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Flota Świnoujście.Having started in the 1992/1993 season, Bąk also played for Ruch Chorzów, Polonia Warszawa, Birmingham City, Widzew Łódź and Amica Wronki. He made thirteen appearances for Poland, including appearances in the 2002...
(born 1974), Polish football player - Jacek BąkJacek BakJacek Bąk is a retired Polish footballer. He had made 96 appearances for the Poland national football team.-Club career:He made his footballing debut with Motor Lublin aged just 16, before moving to Lech Poznań two years later....
(born 1973), Polish football player - Justyna BąkJustyna BakJustyna Bąk is a long-distance runner from Poland, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She is a four-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres, and a former world record holder in the 3,000 metres steeple. She was born in Tarnogród.Bak won the 2003 edition of the Cross...
(born 1974), Polish long-distance runner - Mateusz BąkMateusz BakMateusz Bąk is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała as a Goalkeeper.-Club:He is a trainee of Jantar Pruszcz Gdański...
(born 1983), Polish football player - Per BakPer BakPer Bak was a Danish theoretical physicist who coauthored the 1987 academic paper that coined the term "self-organized criticality."- Life and work :...
(1948–2002), Danish physicist - Samuel BakSamuel Bak-Childhood:Born on August 12, 1933 in Vilna, which is now Vilnius, Lithuania, Bak was recognized from an early age as possessing extraordinary artistic talent. He describes his family as "secular, but proud of their Jewish identity." Immediately following the German invasion of Poland in September...
(born 1933), Israeli artist - Bek (sculptor)Bek (sculptor)Bek was chief royal sculptor during the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten. His father Men held the same position under Akhenaten's father Amenhotep III; his mother Roi was a woman from Heliopolis....
or Bak, an ancient Egyptian sculptor - Park (name) or Bak, a common Korean family name
- Lieutenant Bak, the protagonist and hero of Lauren Haney'sLauren HaneyBetty Winkelman , better known by the pen name Lauren Haney, is an American mystery novelist.-Biography:Starting as a government typist, Haney later worked as a technical editor in the aerospace and international construction industries. In the late 1980's she became interested in writing fiction...
series of mysteries set in 18th Dynasty Egypt.
Others
- BAK (magazine)BAK (magazine)Bak is an online, bilingual , visual arts magazine, first published on January 1, 2006. Published monthly, it features interviews with well-known graphic designers, illustrators, painters, film directors, photographers, 3D artists and sculptors and selected artworks from thousands of contributors...
, online arts & design magazine - BackupBackupIn information technology, a backup or the process of backing up is making copies of data which may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. The verb form is back up in two words, whereas the noun is backup....
- Bashkir languageBashkir languageThe Bashkir language is a Turkic language, and is the language of the Bashkirs. It is co-official with Russian in the Republic of Bashkortostan.-Speakers:...
(ISO 639 identifier: bak) - A crater on MarsMarsMars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
- Bak (instrument)Bak (instrument)Bak is a wooden clapper used in Korean court and ritual music. The person playing the bak is called jipbak; he serves as conductor or musical supervisor for the group...
, a Korean percussion instrument - Bak, the abbreviation for the orchid genus BakeraraBakerara× Bakerara, abbreviated Bak. in the horticultural trade, is the nothogenus for intergeneric hybrids between the orchid genera Brassia, Miltonia and Odontoglossum ....