The Techie Glossary
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KA9Q
is an implementation of the TCP/IP protocols
in use for developing communications with amateur packet
radio systems.
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KB
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KBPS
stands for Kilo Bits Per Second. This is a measurement of data
speed for network transmissions by the
kilo bit.
Some older network connections are measured using this scale, for instance
telephone modems operated in the KBPS range,
but most network connections now communicate at speeds measured in MBPS
which is 1,000 KBPS.
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Ke
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Kerberos
is a user authentication
technology model that uses public key encryption
and is used in smart card technologies. It was created at MIT using the
Data Encryption Standard algorithm. Kermit
is a file transfer and terminal
emulation program used with mainframe
computers. Kernels
are
the core software coding of an operating
system. The kernel is responsible for handling the input
and output of data,
performing essential system tasks, managing the system memory
and allocating computer processing
time. Keyboards
are user input
devices for computers. They are
essential peripheral devices to a command
line computer system. The keyboard
provides a method of inputting alphanumeric
and special characters into the system
as data. In addition to the character
keys there is usually a numeric keypad,
directional keys and function
keys provided on a standard computer keyboard.
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Ki
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Killing
is the shutting down of a process running
for a software application or service
on a computer. Terminating
an application and all its tasks can normally be done by exiting
or quitting the application, or by closing
its window. The latter is done by clicking
on the X on the menu bar of the window
or by using a menu. As a last resort a user
can stop a process in a GUI windows interface
with a kill utility or with the systems
task manager. On some systems it can
also be done using the command line.
Kilo
means one thousand when used in terms of units of measurement, as in computer
memory. So in the case of the word kilobyte
kilo means one thousand, but because computer measurements are in binary
numbers a kilobyte is only approximately equal to one thousand bytes.
Kilobytes
are units of measurement in computers
where kilo means one thousand. A kilobyte is equal to just over one thousand
bytes. Computer measurements are done
in binary code using binary
numbers, so a kilobyte is equal to exactly 1024 bytes (2 to the power
of ten).
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