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k, K |
adj. 1000 or 1024. The lower case "k" is the internationally agreed abbreviation for the prefix "kilo" (as in kilometer or 1,000 meters). The upper-case "K" is never the correct abbreviation for "kilo," and has come to mean the number 1,024 (two to the power of ten), and a measure of computer memory (storage).
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kanji |
n. A Japanese ideographic alphabet. In kanji, each character is represented by 2 bytes.
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katakana |
n. One of the two common Japanese phonetic alphabets (the other is hiragana). In katakana, each character is represented by 1 byte. Katakana is primarily used to write foreign words phonetically.
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Kb |
See kilobit
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KB |
See kilobyte.
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Kbps |
n. Kilobits per second.
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kernel |
n. The part of an operating system that performs basic functions such as allocating hardware resources.
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key |
1. n. In computer security, a sequence of symbols that is used with a cryptographic algorithm for encrypting or decrypting data. 2. n. In a relational database table, a column or a set of columns whose values identify one or more rows. 3. adj. Important.
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keyboard remapping |
n. In Personal Communications, a facility that allows users to change the key assignments on the keyboard that they are using for emulation.
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kickoff meetings |
n. A series of meetings early in the year, originally in IBM marketing divisions, when senior managers outline the challenges and objectives for the year.
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kilobit (Kb) |
1. n. For processor storage, real and virtual storage, and channel volume, 210 or 1024 bits. 2. n. For disk storage capacity and communications volume, 1000 bits
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kilobyte (KB) |
1. n. For processor storage, real and virtual storage, and channel volume, 210 or 1024 bytes. 2. n. For disk storage capacity and communications volume, 1000 bytes.
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kludge (rhymes with stooge) |
1. n. A quick-and-dirty fix. 2. n. Something large and complicated.
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