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Pak or PAK may refer to:
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People [link]
- Greg Pak, American New York-based film director/comic book writer, known for his work on such books featuring the Hulk
- Igor Pak (born 1971), professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, working in combinatorics and discrete probability
- Pak Nam-Chol (disambiguation)
- Pak (Korean name), 박, also romanized Park
Places [link]
- Pakistan (mainly used as an adjective), a sovereign country in South Asia
- The ISO 3166 identification code and the vehicle registration plate of PAK
- Pak, Afghanistan, a village in Badakhshan Province
- Pak Tea House, a café in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Military [link]
Pak armed forces - the Pakistani armed forces:
Science and technology [link]
- p21 activated kinase, any of a family of enzymes
- PAK (file format), extension is frequently used as an abbreviation of "package". There is no standard for this extension, although several mutually incompatible formats exist, such as the file format from NoGate Consultings, a rival from ARC-Compressor
- 2.PAK, an artificial-intelligence language
Entertainment [link]
- Pak, a project of Ron Anderson
- Nintendo game cartridges and accessories are called paks:
- Controller Pak, the Nintendo 64's memory card
- Expansion Pak, a RAM add-on for Nintendo 64
- Rumble Pak, a haptic feedback device
- Transfer Pak, a data-transfer device
- Tremor Pak, a third-party Rumble Pak
- Fanny Pak, a Los Angeles based dance crew
- Pak Protector, a form of life in Larry Niven's Known Space fictional universe
Other [link]
- Panhellenic Liberation Movement, one of the many anti-dictatorial movement organisations that campaigned against the 1967-1974 military regime of Greece. It was established in 1968 in Sweden by the exiled Andreas Papandreou
- In Indonesia, Usually used as mister or father: Dear Pak ...
- Panzerabwehrkanone (disambiguation), abbreviated PaK, German antitank gun
- Paak, an Islamic religious term describing something clean, as opposed to najis (unclean)
- Tetra Pak (of Swedish origin), a multinational food packaging company
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PAK (file format)
The .PAK extension is frequently used as an abbreviation of "package". There is no standard for this extension, although several mutually incompatible formats exist. They are frequently implemented as merely a renamed ZIP file.
Applications using .PAK files are typically, but not exclusively, video games.
Uses
PAK (band)
PAK is a New York City based band. They are signed to John Zorn's Tzadik label.
PAK was originally formed by Ron Anderson in 2000, after he spent some time with The Molecules. The original line-up consisted of Anderson, Jesse Krakow, Will Redmond, and Race Age. This line-up released the album 100% Human Hair. In 2003, Race Age was replaced by Keith Abrams, Redmond left the group, and that version released Motel, which was well received. This version of the group also performed at the Bowery Poetry Club with Jac Berrocal.
In 2007, Anderson reconfigured the group, switching from guitar to bass, and recruiting Tim Byrnes on various instruments. This version of the group toured Europe (as a duo, with Abrams and Anderson along with occasional guest musicians), and is currently working on their next release. The band played shows in 2012 with Nonoko Yoshida.
Reviews
Norwegian publication Tarkus Magazine described PAK as a combination of Otis Redding, Captain Beefheart, Gentle Giant and The Talking Heads. Glenn Astaria of Jazz Review described Motel as a tangled web of complexities complete with off-kilter ostinatos, driving bass lines and peppery horns.Alex Lozupone described a 2008 show at The Stone as "varying amounts of frantic, synchronized playing ... more ambient noise pieces ... some nice established grooves ... chess references, keyboard sounds that brought back memories of Mr Bungle's first album, some synchronized sax and trumpet playing, a nigh-hardcore song in Spanish, an amazing drum solo in a time signature that felt like it might be 29/16 or 31/16, and equipment emitting an interesting plastic smoky smell (that) made for a memorable night.".
