KISS is an acronym for the design principle articulated by Kelly Johnson, Keep it simple stupid !.

" The KISS principle states that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complex, therefore simplicity should be a key goal in design and unnecessary complexity should be avoided.

Instruction creep and function creep, two instances of creeping featuritis, are examples of failure to follow the KISS principle in software development.

Master animator Richard Williams explains the KISS principle in his book The Animator's Survival Kit, and Disney's Nine Old Men write about it in Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, which is considered " the animation bible " by CG, traditional, and stop motion animators.

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* KISS principle

* Keep It Simple, a common phrase for simplicity ; see KISS principle

Motown producers believed steadfastly in the " KISS principle " ( keep it simple, stupid ).

* KISS principle

* KISS principle

* KISS principle, " keep it simple, stupid ", a design principle / pattern

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# REDIRECT KISS principle

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* KISS principle

They advocated the KISS principle ( keep it simple, stupid ), which had proven to be effective in focusing end-user attention.

This is illustrated by the old saying " When you see hoof prints, look for horses, not zebras ", or to use another maxim, use the KISS principle.

# REDIRECT KISS principle

# REDIRECT KISS principle

Unlike Peach Bottom, Dragon, AVR, HTTR, and HTR-10, all of which represent successful tests proving the principle of the HTGR technology, Fort St. Vrain was arguably doomed by the engineering mistake to use a first of a kind engineered, high-complexity steam turbine helium circulator with multiple fluid bearings instead of a simple, commercial off the shelf, KISS principle, low-complexity electric motor-based helium circulator, such as the electrical coolant circulators successfully used for decades in the UK's AGCR, which have stood and do stand the test of time in a similar, yet far more chemically hostile environment than that of a helium-cooled reactor core.

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Eric S. Raymond, in his book The Art of Unix Programming, summarizes the Unix philosophy as the widely-used KISS Principle of " Keep it Simple, Stupid.

* Keep It Straight and Simple Party or KISS, a minor political party in South Africa

Other software to follow were the security suite AME, crash recovery utility Crash Barrier, InfoGenie, iData, Let's Keep It Simple Spreadsheet ( Let's KISS ), Spreadsheet 2000, InstaFiles!

Originally known as Let's Keep It Simple Spreadsheet, officially abbreviated Let's KISS, the product was renamed Spreadsheet 2000 for its 2. 0 release.

International stars have included Laura Pausini, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Amália Rodrigues, Björk, Abdel Halim Hafez, Dave Matthews Band, Lara Fabian, Willy DeVille, Amália Rodrigues, Lou Reed, Josephine Baker, Annie Cordy, Majida El Roumi, Linda de Suza, The Animals, Petula Clark, Bülent Ersoy, Can, Ewa Demarczyk, Celine Dion, Cher, Deep Purple, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Krall, Dir En Grey, The Doors, Elis Regina, Eric Burdon, War, Fairuz, Dave Gahan, Jeff Buckley, Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, Jimi Hendrix, Judy Garland, Kraftwerk, Nana Mouskouri, Haris Alexiou, Olivera Vuco, Mika, Wings, Paul McCartney, Oliver Dragojevic, Paul Simon, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Sarit Hadad, Bob Dylan, Black Sabbath, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Lady Gaga, The Corrs, Lola Beltrán, Luciano Pavarotti, Mariza, Maysa, Liza Minnelli, Morrissey, The Shadows, My Bloody Valentine, Nelly Furtado, New Order, Nick Cave, Nina Simone, Patti Smith, Phil Collins, Pet Shop Boys, Roger Hodgson, Primal Scream, Stevie Nicks, KISS, Sabah, Scorpions, Simple Minds, Frank Sinatra, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tereza Kesovija, The Beatles, The Cure, The Jackson 5, Barry Manilow, The Mars Volta, Stephen Stills, Yolandita Monge, Otis Redding, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Tin Machine, Mika, Björk, Umm Kulthum, Zohar Argov, Dionne Warwick, Violetta Villas, The Velvet Underground, Leon Redbone, Leonard Cohen, Manu Dibango, Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Sid Vicious, James Brown, Alla Pugacheva, Lili Ivanova, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane and Arcade Fire, Zdravko Čolić & Tangerine Dream among many others.

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Quorthon ( then known as Ace, after Ace Frehley of KISS ), a seventeen-year-old guitarist, was joined by the bass guitarist Fredrik Melander and the drummer Jonas Åkerlund.

( Kiss album ), a 1975 live album by the rock band KISS

* KISS ( system ), a late 1950s low-level programming language on the IBM 650 computer

* KISS ( TNC ), a protocol used to communicate with amateur radio TNCs

* KISS ( rebreather ), a type of diving rebreather

In the Paul Lynde Halloween Special ( 1976 ), she portrayed Lynde's housekeeper, reprising the Wicked Witch role as well as introducing Lynde to the rock group KISS.

* Rock concerts: Rod Stewart ( 1979 ), KISS ( 1980 ), David Bowie ( 1983 ), U2 ( 1998 ) and Simon and Garfunkel ( 1983 ).

Adelaide Oval has hosted major concerts during its time, with some of the most famous acts including Fleetwood Mac ( 1977 & 2004 ), David Bowie ( 1978 & 1983 ), KISS ( 1980 ), Madonna & Paul McCartney ( 1993 ), Michael Jackson ( 1996 ), Billy Joel & Elton John ( 1998 ), P! nk ( 2002 ), Pearl Jam ( 2009 ), AC / DC and Wolfmother ( 2010 ) and Foo Fighters ( 2011 ).

* Gold ( KISS album ), a 2005 2-CD compilation

Among these artists were Page Hamilton ( Helmet ), Vernon Reid ( Living Colour ), Vinnie Vincent & Bruce Kulick ( KISS ), and Ronnie Wood ( The Rolling Stones ).

A year later, Fairbairn produced The Cranberries ( To the Faithful Departed ), and Psycho Circus a 1998-reunion of KISS.

Many other Rock and Roll drummers have switched to or began with Ludwig drums during their careers: Brian Bennett of the Shadows, Ian Paice of Deep Purple, Simon Kirke of Bad Company, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Ronnie Tutt with Elvis Presley, Aynsley Dunbar of Journey, Jefferson Starship, Peter Criss ( before switching to Pearl ) and his successor, Eric Carr of KISS, Lars Ulrich of Metallica ( before switching to Tama ), Herman Rarebell of Scorpions, Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues, Roger Pope of Hookfoot, Elton John and Hall and Oates, Scott Rockenfield of Queensryche, Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia, Alan White of Yes, Matt Frenette of Loverboy, Steve Negus of Saga, Rick Allen of Def Leppard, Will Berman of MGMT, Rob Bennett of The Pacific Raiders, Carlton Barret ( Bob Marley and the Wailers ) and Baxter Mawoza of Synthesisare.

* Tommy Thayer ( b. 1960 ), lead guitarist of KISS