• Q research software
  Q research software
  Q research software is computer software for the analysis of market research data. Launched in 2007, Q is developed by Numbers International Pty Ltd.- Interactive data analysis :...
  
  , a software package for the analysis of market research
  Market research
  Market research is any organized effort to gather information about markets or customers. It is a very important component of business strategy...
  
   data
• Q source
  Q source
  The Q source is a hypothetical written source for the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Luke. Q is defined as the "common" material found in Matthew and Luke but not in the Gospel of Mark...
  
  , also known as Q document, a hypothetical early Gospel writing (Bible)
• Q-ship
  Q-ship
  Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, Decoy Vessels, Special Service Ships, or Mystery Ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. This gave Q-ships the chance to open fire and sink them...
  
  , a converted merchant vessel with concealed armament intended to lure and destroy submarines
• Q (New York City Subway service)
  Q (New York City Subway service)
  The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored yellow on the route sign, on station signs and the official subway map, as it represents a service provided on the BMT Broadway Line through Manhattan....
  
  
• The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
  New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
  The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway , also known as the Susie-Q, or simply the Susquehanna, is a Class II American freight railway operating over 500 miles of track in the northeastern states of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. It was formed in 1881 from the merger of several...
  
  
• A nickname for Chuluaqui-Quodoushka
  Chuluaqui-Quodoushka
  Chuluaqui Quodoushka is a collection of sexual techniques and theories developed and promoted by the Deer Tribe Medicine Society, a New Age new religious movement and business co-founded by Harley Reagan and Diane Reagan in 1986...
  
  , a series of New Age sexual meditation exercises developed by Harley Reagan

Film, TV, radio and theatre

• Avenue Q
  Avenue Q
  Avenue Q is a musical in two acts, conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. The book was written by Jeff Whitty and the show was directed by Jason Moore and produced by Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, and Jeffrey Seller...
  
  , a Broadway production
• Q (film)
  Q (film)
  Q is a 1982 horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, David Carradine, and Richard Roundtree.-Plot:...
  
  , 1982 horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen (Also known as Q - The Winged Serpent)
• Q (James Bond)
  Q (James Bond)
  Q is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. Q , like M, is a job title rather than a name. He is the head of Q Branch , the fictional research and development division of the British Secret Service...
  
  , a fictional character
• Q Radio, a UK radio station run by Q Magazine
• Q (radio show)
  Q (radio show)
  Q is a Canadian radio show, which airs on CBC Radio One. Hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, the program is a national arts magazine show. The program is also now syndicated to public radio stations in the United States through Public Radio International....
  
  , a CBC Radio One
  CBC Radio One
  CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...
  
   show hosted by Jian Ghomeshi
  Jian Ghomeshi
  Jian Ghomeshi is a Canadian broadcaster, writer, musician and producer of Iranian descent who was raised in Thornhill, Ontario. Now based in Toronto, he is the host of the national daily cultural affairs talk program, Q, on CBC Radio One and Bold TV...
  
  
• Q Score
  Q Score
  The Q Score is a measurement of the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, celebrity, or television show used in the United States. The higher the Q Score, the more highly regarded the item or person is among the group that is familiar with them...
  
  , measure of familiarity and appeal of characters or shows
• Q (Star Trek)
  Q (Star Trek)
  Q is a fictional character who appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, as well as in related products. In all of these programs, he is played by John de Lancie....
  
  , a fictional omnipotent character from the Q Continuum
• Q (television network), Philippine network previously known as Quality TeleVision (QTV)
• Q Television Network
  Q Television Network
  Q Television Network was an American cable television channel which aired programming targeted to the lesbian, gay, and bisexual audiences. It was owned by Triangle Multimedia. The channel aired a mix of film, documentary and music programming, along with a number of original talk and information...
  
  , an American cable television network
• Q (TV channel), an indie, rock, and alternative based rock-music channel available in the UK
• ARY Qtv
  ARY Qtv
  ARY Qtv is a Pakistani television channel with a Sunni religious focus, producing programs mainly focusing on the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at school of thought in Ummah. It is part of the ARY Digital Network. The channel has shows featuring well-known scholars such as Dr...
  
  , a Pakistani television channel
• Q (TV series)
  Q (TV series)
  Q... was a surreal television comedy sketch show from Spike Milligan which ran from 1969 to 1982 on BBC2. There were six series in all, the first five numbered from Q5 to Q9, and a final series titled There's a Lot of It About...
  
  , Spike Milligan's BBC2 comedy series that ran between 1969 and 1983
• Q Theatre
  Q Theatre
  The Q Theatre, seating 490 in 25 rows with a central aisle, was opened in 1924 near Kew Bridge in west London by Jack and Beatie de Leon, and was one of a number of small, committed, independent theatre companies which included the Hampstead Everyman, the Arts Theatre Club and the Gate Theatre Studio...
  
  , a theatre in London, England
• Q Theatre Penrith, a theatre in Penrith, New South Wales
• Q, pseudonym of Quentin Elias
  Quentin Elias
  Quentin Elias is a singer, actor, and model. Originally from France, of Algerian origin, he was the former lead singer for French boy band Alliage from 1996 to 1999...
  
   in his appearances in gay porn site Randy Blue
• Visitor Q
  Visitor Q
  is a controversial 2001 film directed by Japanese director Takashi Miike. It was filmed as the sixth and final part of the Love Cinema series consisting of six straight-to-video releases by independent filmmakers via a brief but exclusive run at the minuscule Shimokitazawa cinema in Tokyo...
  
  , Japanese movie directed by Takashi Miike
• The Q , a fictional character from the TV series The Lost Islands
  The Lost Islands
  The Lost Islands is an Australian television series. It first aired in Australia on 1 January 1976, and was later screened around the world, including the UK, France, Italy , as well as Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the United States.-Plot:A hurricane nearly sinks the United World,...
  
  
• Quinton 'Q' Brooks, A fictional character from the TV series Moesha
  Moesha
  Moesha is an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles.-Overview:The show...
  
  , played by Fredro Starr
  Fredro Starr
  Fredro Scruggs better known by his stage name Fredro Starr, is an American rapper and actor from South Jamaica, Queens, New York best known as a member of hardcore hip hop group Onyx.-Music career:...
  
  
• Mr. Q
  Allan Quartermain (disambiguation)
  Allan Quatermain is a fictional character, the protagonist in King Solomon's Mines.Allan Quatermain is also the name of:*Alan Quartermaine , soap opera character on General Hospital...
  
  , or Quartermain in the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)
  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a 2003 superhero film adaptation loosely based on characters from the comic book limited series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore, who is also famous for Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell. It was released on July 11, 2003, in the...
  
  , played by Sean Connery
  Sean Connery
  Sir Thomas Sean Connery , better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy...
  
  

Music

• Q (AAA song), single by J-Pop band AAA
• Q (album)
  Q (album)
  Q was eighth studio album released by Mr. Children on September 27, 2000.Since the beginning of their success in 1994, "Q" was the first album not to reach the #1 position because Ayumi Hamasaki outsold them by gapping 1 million copies in first week on the Oricon chart...
  
  , by Mr. Children
• Q (1970s band)
  Q (1970s band)
  Q was a disco group formed in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA. They released an album on Epic Records entitled Dancin' Man in 1977, which peaked at #140 on the Billboard 200...
  
  , a US disco group
• Q (band)
  Q (band)
  Q was a small American techno band, formed in 1982 by Jon St. James and Stacey Swain. Ross Wood was also a group member, and John Van Tongeren was involved as well. The group only had two releases: a 7" single of their song "Playback" on Cocteau Records, and a four-track EP released almost...
  
  , synth-pop outfit formed in the early 1980s
• q, stage name for Qurram Hussain
  Qurram Hussain
  Qurram Hussain, often called "q", is a Canadian musician of Pakistani descent and a member of Josh, a Montreal-based South Asian fusion band.-Career:...
  
   of JoSH
• Quincy Jones
  Quincy Jones
  Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
  
  , American music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter
• Stacey Q
  Stacey Q
  Stacey Q is a pop singer, dancer and actress. She is best known for her 1985 hit single "Two of Hearts".-Early life:Stacey Swain was born on November 30, 1958 in Fullerton, California. She is the youngest of three children...
  
  , disco singer
• Equalization filter, the width of a frequency band affected by equalization
  Equalization
  Equalization, is the process of adjusting the balance between frequency components within an electronic signal. The most well known use of equalization is in sound recording and reproduction but there are many other applications in electronics and telecommunications. The circuit or equipment used...
  
  

Sports

• Q (San Jose Earthquakes mascot)
  Q (San Jose Earthquakes mascot)
  Q is the mascot for the Major League Soccer team San Jose Earthquakes.-Description:Q was a 26 year old human male who fell into a radioactive fissure in the Earth's crust during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake...
  
  , furry blue mascot of the Major League Soccer team San Jose Earthquakes
• The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
  Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
  The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League...
  
   is often referred to as "The Q"
• A nickname for Quicken Loans Arena
  Quicken Loans Arena
  Quicken Loans Arena , is a multi-purpose arena, in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States....
  
  , home of the Cleveland Cavaliers
• A nickname for Qualcomm Stadium
  Qualcomm Stadium
  Qualcomm Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in San Diego, California, in the Mission Valley area....
  
  , home of the San Diego Chargers

Publishing

• Arthur Quiller-Couch
  Arthur Quiller-Couch
  Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch was a Cornish writer, who published under the pen name of Q. He is primarily remembered for the monumental Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900 , and for his literary criticism...
  
  , or "Q", the pen-name of the Cornish writer
• Q (magazine)
  Q (magazine)
  Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...
  
  , British music magazine
  • Q Awards
    Q Awards
    The Q Awards are the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine Q. Since they began in 1990, the Q Awards have become one of Britain's biggest and best publicised music awards, helped in no small part by the often boisterous behavior of the celebrities who attend the event...
    
    , yearly music awards given by Q magazine
• Q (novel)
  Q (novel)
  Q is a novel by Luther Blissett first published in Italian in 1999. The novel is set in Europe during the 16th century, and deals with Protestant reformation movements....
  
  , historical novel by Luther Blissett first published in Italian in 2000

Biology and chemistry

• Q, reaction quotient
  Reaction quotient
  In chemistry, a reaction quotient: Qr is a function of the activities or concentrations of the chemical species involved in a chemical reaction. In the special case that the reaction is at equilibrium the reaction quotient is equal to the equilibrium constant....
  
  
• Q values
  Q values
  In nuclear physics and chemistry, the Q value for a reaction is the amount of energy released by that reaction:Q = E\left - E\left,...
  
  , the differences of energies of the parent nuclides to the daughter nuclides
• Q, Glutamine
  Glutamine
  Glutamine is one of the 20 amino acids encoded by the standard genetic code. It is not recognized as an essential amino acid but may become conditionally essential in certain situations, including intensive athletic training or certain gastrointestinal disorders...
  
  
• Q, Cardiac Output
  Cardiac output
  Cardiac output is the volume of blood being pumped by the heart, in particular by a left or right ventricle in the time interval of one minute. CO may be measured in many ways, for example dm3/min...
  
  , the volume of blood pumped by each ventricle per minute. The 'Q' is sometimes written with a dot placed directly above it - a convention which indicates that it is measured per unit time
• Haplogroup Q (mtDNA)
  Haplogroup Q (mtDNA)
  In human mitochondrial genetics, haplogroup Q is a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup typical for Oceania. It is a subgroup of haplogroup M29'Q.-Distribution:...
  
  , a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup
• Haplogroup Q (Y-DNA)
  Haplogroup Q (Y-DNA)
  In human genetics, Haplogroup Q is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup.-Origins:Haplogroup Q is one of the two branches of haplogroup P . Haplogroup Q is believed to have arisen in Central Asia approximately 15,000 to 20,000 years ago. It has had multiple origins proposed...
  
  , a Y-chromosomal DNA (Y-DNA) haplogroup
• q is an abbreviation for "every" in medicine
• The codes of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System for veterinary medicinal products start with Q.
• Q is the symbol for discharge (hydrology)
  Discharge (hydrology)
  In hydrology, discharge is the volume rate of water flow, including any suspended solids , dissolved chemical species and/or biologic material , which is transported through a given cross-sectional area...
  
  

Physics and astronomy

• Q, electric charge
  Electric charge
  Electric charge is a physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when near other electrically charged matter. Electric charge comes in two types, called positive and negative. Two positively charged substances, or objects, experience a mutual repulsive force, as do two...
  
  
• Q, heat
  Heat
  In physics and thermodynamics, heat is energy transferred from one body, region, or thermodynamic system to another due to thermal contact or thermal radiation when the systems are at different temperatures. It is often described as one of the fundamental processes of energy transfer between...
  
  
• Q, volumetric flow rate
  Volumetric flow rate
  The volumetric flow rate in fluid dynamics and hydrometry, is the volume of fluid which passes through a given surface per unit time...
  
  
• Q, dynamic pressure
  • Max Q
    Max Q
    In aerospace engineering, the maximum dynamic pressure, often referred to as maximum Q or max Q, is the point at which aerodynamic stress on a vehicle in atmospheric flight is maximized...
    
    
• Q, Fusion energy gain factor
  Fusion energy gain factor
  The fusion energy gain factor, usually expressed with the symbol Q, is the ratio of fusion power produced in a nuclear fusion reactor to the power required to maintain the plasma in steady state. The condition of Q = 1 is referred to as breakeven.In a fusion power reactor a plasma must be...
  
  
• Q, quasar
  Quasar
  A quasi-stellar radio source is a very energetic and distant active galactic nucleus. Quasars are extremely luminous and were first identified as being high redshift sources of electromagnetic energy, including radio waves and visible light, that were point-like, similar to stars, rather than...
  
  
• q, momentum transfer

Mathematics

• or Q, set of all rational number
  Rational number
  In mathematics, a rational number is any number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction a/b of two integers, with the denominator b not equal to zero. Since b may be equal to 1, every integer is a rational number...
  
  s
• Q, Robinson arithmetic
  Robinson arithmetic
  In mathematics, Robinson arithmetic, or Q, is a finitely axiomatized fragment of Peano arithmetic , first set out in R. M. Robinson . Q is essentially PA without the axiom schema of induction. Since Q is weaker than PA, it is incomplete...
  
  , a finitely axiomatized fragment of Peano Arithmetic
• Q, the Quaternion group
  Quaternion group
  In group theory, the quaternion group is a non-abelian group of order eight, isomorphic to a certain eight-element subset of the quaternions under multiplication...
  
  
• Q value in statistics, the minimum false discovery rate
  False discovery rate
  False discovery rate control is a statistical method used in multiple hypothesis testing to correct for multiple comparisons. In a list of rejected hypotheses, FDR controls the expected proportion of incorrectly rejected null hypotheses...
  
   at which the test may be called significant

Engineering

• Q factor
  Q factor
  In physics and engineering the quality factor or Q factor is a dimensionless parameter that describes how under-damped an oscillator or resonator is, or equivalently, characterizes a resonator's bandwidth relative to its center frequency....
  
   or Q in resonant systems, a measurement of the effect of resistance to oscillation
• Q variable (quality factor) which refers to the width of the bell curve.
• Q Factor (Bicycles)
  Q Factor (Bicycles)
  The Q Factor of a bicycle is the distance between the pedal attachment points on the crank arms, when measured parallel to the bottom bracket axle. It may also be referred to as the "tread" of the crankset. The term was coined by Grant Petersen during his time at Bridgestone Bicycles.Q Factor is...
  
   in bicycles, the width between where the pedals attach to the cranks
• Quality factor (video compression) (Xvid_Qf) in video compression, a measure to indiciate the amount of memory/storage used per pixel (and per frame) in a video
• Heat transfer coefficient - ΔQ = heat input or heat lost, Joules
• Q, the standard abbreviation for an electronic transistor, used e.g. in circuit diagrams
• Q the first moment of area
  First moment of area
  The first moment of area, sometimes misnamed as the first moment of inertia, is based in the mathematical construct moments in metric spaces, stating that the moment of area equals the summation of area times distance to an axis [Σ]...
  
  , used in calculating shear stress distributions
• Q, the reactive power component of apparent power

Computing and computer games

• Q (cipher)
  Q (cipher)
  In cryptography, Q is a block cipher invented by Leslie McBride. It was submitted to the NESSIE project, but was not selected.The algorithm uses a key size of 128, 192, or 256 bits. It operates on blocks of 128 bits using a substitution-permutation network structure. There are 8 rounds for a...
  
  , encryption algorithm
• Q (emulator)
  Q (emulator)
  Q is a free emulator software that runs on Mac OS X, including OS X on PowerPC. Q is Mike Kronenberg's port of the open source and generic processor emulator QEMU. Q uses Cocoa and other Apple technologies, such as Core Image and Core Audio, to achieve its emulation...
  
  , open-source x86 emulator for Mac OS X
• Q (number format)
  Q (number format)
  Q is a fixed point number format where the number of fractional bits is specified. For example, a Q15 number has 15 fractional bits; a Q1.14 number has 1 integer bit and 14 fractional bits...
  
  , fixed-point number format built into certain computer processors
• Q (game engine)
  Q (game engine)
  Q is a 3D engine / tech development platform / interoperability standard developed by the London based developer Qube Software.- Overview :Qube has made considerable claims for Q. Its lead designers, Servan Keondjian and Doug Rabson have pointed to Q’s architecture as being its key innovation.Q is...
  
  , 3D middleware from Qube Software
• Q (Street Fighter), Street Fighter character
• Q-Games
  Q-Games
  Q-Games is a video game developer based in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It has a mixture of foreigners and Japanese nationals on staff and works closely with both Nintendo and Sony.-Foundation:...
  
  , developer of the Pixel Junk series of PlayStation 3 games
• Q Entertainment
  Q Entertainment
  Q Entertainment creates, produces, and publishes in digital entertainment content across multiple game consoles, PC broadband and mobile units...
  
  , developer of Rez HD and the Lumines and Meteos games
• Q (equational programming language), functional programming language based on term rewriting
• Q (programming language from Kx Systems)
  Q (programming language from Kx Systems)
  Q is a proprietary array processing language developed by Arthur Whitney and commercialized by Kx Systems. The language serves as the query language for kdb+, a disk based and in-memory, column-based database. kdb+ is based upon K, a terse variant of APL...
  
  , array processing language

Corporate

• Q clearance
  Q clearance
  Q clearance is a United States Department of Energy security clearance equivalent to a United States Department of Defense Top Secret clearance and Critical Nuclear Weapon Design Information . DOE clearances apply for access specifically relating to atomic or nuclear related materials...
  
  , United States Department of Energy security clearance
• Q (dairy)
  Q (dairy)
  Q or Q–meieriene is a private, Norwegian dairy founded in 2000 owned by the Kavli Foundation. It has two dairies, Jæren Gårdsmeieri and Gausdalmeieriet. The two dairies process milk from about 500 farms, totaling 170,000 litres of milk daily . Processed products include drinking milk, chocolate,...
  
  , Norwegian dairy brand
• Q-telecom
  Q-Telecom
  Q-Telecom was the fourth mobile telephony provider in Greece. It began operation in June 2002.As of 2008, it called itself "Q" and called its services "MyQ."The company provided GSM phone service, supported by LMDS and backbone networks, and...
  
  , Greek operator
• Motorola Q
  Motorola Q
  The Motorola Q is a Windows Mobile smartphone first announced in the Summer of 2005 as a thin device with similar styling to Motorola's immensely popular RAZR. Motorola in a partnership with Verizon Wireless released the Q on May 31, 2006...
  
  , smartphone released in 2006
• "The Q", Quicken Loans Arena
  Quicken Loans Arena
  Quicken Loans Arena , is a multi-purpose arena, in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States....
  
  
• Q Score
  Q Score
  The Q Score is a measurement of the familiarity and appeal of a brand, company, celebrity, or television show used in the United States. The higher the Q Score, the more highly regarded the item or person is among the group that is familiar with them...
  
  , in marketing, way to measure the familiarity of an item
• Tobin's q
  Tobin's q
  Tobin's q was developed by James Tobin as the ratio between the market value and replacement value of the same physical asset:One, the numerator, is the market valuation: the going price in the market for exchanging existing assets. The other, the denominator, is the replacement or reproduction...
  
  , a financial ratio developed by James Tobin
  James Tobin
  James Tobin was an American economist who, in his lifetime, served on the Council of Economic Advisors and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Harvard and Yale Universities. He developed the ideas of Keynesian economics, and advocated government intervention to...