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K K This is the abbreviation for kilo and means 1000. It is used to allude to the size of the computers main memory.
 
KB KB The abbreviation for Kilobyte. A Kilobyte is the unit of measurement for computer memory. One Kilobyte is equal to 1,024 bytes.
 
Kahle Kahle Brewster, the creator of software tool used to publish information on the Internet.
 
Kapor Kapor Mitchell, US software designer who founded Lotus Development Corporation. He co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation. They were particularly concerned with freedom of speech on the Internet.
 
Kay Kay Alan, a US computing expert. He was a crucial body in the development of Graphical Users Interfaces and Object-Oriented Languages. He also came up with the idea of the DynaBook, a computer-based personal digital helper.
 
Kermit Kommunikationsprotokoll A protocol which is commonly used for telephone communications.
 
Key Taste, Schlüssel A button on a keyboard used for typing.
 
Keyboard Tastatur Alphabetic, numeric symbols and control keys receiving and transmitting commands to a computer.
 
Key field Tastenfeld A portion of a record that is used to sort a file uniquely.
 
Key frame Tastenrahmen An animated structure which is drawn by a person rather than produced by the computer.
 
Keypad Nummernfeld A group of numbers at the right-hand side of a keyboard.
 
Keystroke Anschlag Entering a character by pressing a key on keyboard.
 
Keyword Passwort An operation or action that the computer recognizes.
 
Killer application Geniales Anwendeprogramm A program so good, that certain users buy for no other reason than to use that specific program.
 
Kill file
 
Killerdatei zum Löschen alter Dateien A file used to filter out tedious tasks.
 
Kilostream link Kilodatensatz Kabel This is a very fast data link.
 
Kiosk Info Computer A computer that is used as an information centre in any public place.
 
Knowbot Spezielle Suchmaschine A program that will search a network thoroughly and fetch information and report back when it has found something.
 
Knowledge-based system Benutzer abhängiges system A program that uses human knowledge to help solve problems that it could not solve by the use of the computer.
 

 

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