| Term | Description |
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| K | See kilobyte |
| K-12 | Kindergarten through 12th Grade [US Education System]
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| kALICE | Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity
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| KAM | Keep Alive Memory
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| Kb | Kilobit
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| KBD | Keyboard (also KEYB)
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| KBD$ | Keyboard [OS/2]
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| KBE | Knowledge Based Engineering
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| Kbps | Kilobits Per Second
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| KDE | K Desktop Environment
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| KDT | Key Definition Table
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| KEFIR | Key Findings Reporter [GTE]
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| Kerberos | Kerberos is a network authentication protocol. Basically it preserves the integrity of passwords in any untrusted network (like the Internet). Kerberized applications work hand-in-hand with sites that support Kerberos to ensure that passwords cannot be stolen. |
| kernel | The very heart of an OS is often called its kernel. It will usually (at minimum) provide some libraries that give programmers access to its various features. |
| KEYBBE | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Belgium
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| KEYBBR | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Brazil
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| KEYBCF | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Canadian-French
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| KEYBCZ | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia
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| KEYBDK | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Denmark
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| KEYBFR | Foreign language KEYBoard program - France
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| KEYBGR | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Germany
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| KEYBHU | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Hungary
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| KEYBIT | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Italy
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| KEYBLA | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Latin America
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| KEYBNL | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Netherlands
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| KEYBNO | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Norway
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| keyboard | A keyboard on a computer is almost identical to a keyboard on a typewriter. Computer keyboards will typically have extra keys, however. Some of these keys (common examples include Control, Alt, and Meta) are meant to be used in conjunction with other keys just like shift on a regular typewriter. Other keys (common examples include Insert, Delete, Home, End, Help, function keys,etc.) are meant to be used independently and often perform editing tasks. Keyboards on different platforms will often look slightly different and have somewhat different collections of keys. Some keyboards even have independent shift lock and caps lock keys. Smaller keyboards with only math-related keys are typically called "keypads". |
| Keyboard Buffer | A temporary storage area in memorythat keeps track of keys that you typed, even if the computer did notimmediately respond to the keys when you typed them. |
| Keyboard Command | See shortcutkey. |
| KEYBPL | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Poland
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| KEYBPO | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Portugal
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| KEYBSF | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-French
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| KEYBSG | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Swiss-German
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| KEYBSL | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Czechoslovakia
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| KEYBSP | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Spain
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| KEYBSU | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Finland
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| KEYBSV | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Sweden
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| KEYBUK | Foreign language KEYBoard program - United Kingdom
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| KEYBUS | Foreign language KEYBoard program - United States
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| KEYBYU | Foreign language KEYBoard program - Yugoslavia
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| KHz | Kilohertz
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| KIF | Knowledge Interchange Format
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| Kilobyte | 1024 bytes(about 1000 bytes hence kilobyte). Usually abbreviated K, as in 640K. Used indiscussing memoryand harddrive storage.L |
| KIS | Knowbot Information Service [Internet]
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| KPI | Kernel Programming Interface
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| KQML | Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language
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| KRS | Knowledge Retrieval System
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| KSDS | Keyed Sequential Data Set
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| KSH | Korn Shell (program) [Unix]
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| KSPH | Keystrokes Per Hour
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| KSR | Keyboard Send Receive
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| KVM | Keyboard, Video, Mouse (switch) +
Kilobyte Virtual Machine
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