1. The original living things God created and their similar descendants. For example, the doggy kind, the horsey kind, the bacteria kind. Humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) are always in their own separate kind which does not and can not include any apes. 2. Whatever we want it to be (though humans must always remain separate). Depending on the argument, can range from superkingdom to subspecies. Human's version taxonomy is atheistic and not reflective of God's holy taxonomy. [See Taxonomy.

The letter, often with a further number, indicating the level of publication of a patent. For example DE-A1 is the German Offenlegungsschrift (application laid open for public inspection) while a DE-C1 is the German Patentschrift (first publication of the granted patent).