Kiss (disambiguation)

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A kiss is a touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as part of a greeting.

Kiss, Kisses, KISS, or K.I.S.S. may also refer to:

Books

• Kiss (comics), a 1977 Marvel Comics book featuring the titular American rock band
• Kiss (Irish magazine), a teen magazine
• Kiss (Japanese magazine), a Japanese manga magazine
• Kiss (novel), a 2007 young-adult novel by Jacqueline Wilson
• Kiss Trilogy, a series of novels by Debbie Viguié

Organisations

• Keep It Straight and Simple Party, a minor political party in South Africa
• Kiss Baking Company Limited, a Trinidadian company

Science and technology

• Kiss (cryptanalysis), a type of cryptographic event in World War II codebreaking
• Kisspeptin or Kiss1, a human gene

Computing

• KISS (system), a late 1950s programming language
• KISS (TNC), a protocol used with amateur radio terminal node controllers
• Kiss Technology, a Danish entertainment technology company
• Kisekae Set System (KiSS), software for blending art and computers
• KISS (algorithm), a family of pseudo-random number generators

Film and television

• Kiss (1963 film), an American film directed by Andy Warhol
• Kiss (2013 film), a Telugu romantic comedy film directed by Adivi Sesh
• Kisses (film), a 2008 Irish drama film directed by Lance Daly
• Kiss TV, a UK music channel

Music

Bands

• Kiss (band), an American hard rock/heavy metal band
• Kiss (South Korean band), a Korean female pop trio

Albums

• Kiss (Kiss album), 1974
• Kiss (Bad Boys Blue album)
• Kiss, a 2000 album by Les Wampas
• Kiss (L'Arc-en-Ciel album), 2007
• K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple), a 2011 studio album by Mýa
• Kiss (Carly Rae Jepsen album), 2012

EPs

• Kiss (The Orb EP), 1989
• Kiss (London After Midnight EP), 1995
• Kiss (Chara EP), 2008

Songs and music pieces

• "Kiss" (Prince song), 1986
• "Kiss (When the Sun Don't Shine)", by the Vengaboys, 1999
• "Kiss" (Mai Kuraki song), 2003
• "Kiss" (Korn song), 2008
• "Kiss" (Dara song), 2009
• Kuss-Walzer or "Kiss Waltz", composed by Johann Strauss II

Other media

• Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child, a 2000 first-person shooter
• Kiss FM (disambiguation), several radio stations
• Kiss Network, a UK radio network

Products

• KISS (rebreather), a type of diving accessory
• Hershey's Kisses, a chocolate candy
• Kiss, a brand name for consumer-level Canon EOS cameras in the Japanese market since 1993

Transportation

• Celier Kiss, a Polish gyroplane
• Stadler KISS, a train

Other uses

• Kiss (surname)
• Kiss, a term used in cue sports
• KISS principle or "Keep it simple, stupid", the concept that most systems work better when kept simple
• Kiss, a Brazilian nightclub destroyed in the Kiss nightclub fire

See also

• The Kiss (disambiguation)
• Kiss You (disambiguation)
• Kiss Me (disambiguation)
• Kissin (disambiguation)