elk

plural elks

1. Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
   1. CommonwealthEuropeAny of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, the largest member of the deer family, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia.

      Synonyms: moose

   2. CanadaUSCommon wapiti (Cervus canadensis), the second largest member of the deer family, once thought to be a subspecies of red deer.

      Synonyms: wapiti

   3. BritishIndiaSambar (Cervus unicolor).

      In a narrow defile […] a male elk, (cervus alces, Lin.) of noble appearance, followed by twenty-two females, passed majestically under their platform, each as large as a common-sized horse.

      1813, James Forbes, Oriental Memoirs, page 281

plural elks

1. obsoleteObsolete form of elke (common swan (Cygnus cygnus, syn. Cygnus ferus)).

plural Elks

1. A member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, an American fraternal order.

plural Elks

1. informalAn Acorn Electron computer.

   I'm pretty certain I remember seeing it on a price list when most BBC and Elk games had to be mail ordered (I think Impact was the mail order company - they also produced games like Zenon and Clogger).

   2003, Gareth Williams, “What is Electron Elite V2?”, in alt.fan.elite (Usenet)

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   Even modified it so that it would work with the differently ordered registers of an Electron. Never did get it working fully on the Elk, I think my Elk with Mode 7 box caused a problem with the use of IRQ workspace, system speed was also a factor IIRC.

   1999, Lionel Smith, “Reading old DOS discs on a BBC”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet)

1. Canadianball gamesA team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Elks (formerly known as the Eskimos).

plural Elks

1. A surname from Dutch.

1. abbreviationacronymcomputingAcronym of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.

   Of course, ELK doesn't come without operational burden.

   2017, Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley, Dan Mackin, UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN