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The du Pré Jargon Buster found the following for - KNos A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| k | Kilo. One thousand | |
| K | Kilo. 2 to the power of 10 = 1,024 | |
| K&LU | A BT term. Key and Lamp Unit. Similar to DSS | |
| Kb/s | Kilobits per second. Often abbreviated to Kbit/s | |
| Kbit/s | Kilobits per second. One thousand bits per second. Often abbreviated to Kb/s | |
| Kerberos | An authentication service developed at MIT based on a paper by Needham and Schoeder. | |
| Key | In cryptography, a key is a variable value that is applied using an algorithm to a string or block of unencrypted text to produce encrypted text. The length of the key generally determines how difficult it will be to decrypt the text in a given message. | |
| Key Line | Refers to data transmission – see Private Circuit | |
| Key Management | The establishment and enforcement of message encryption and authentication procedures, in order to provide privacy-enhanced mail (PEM) services for electronic mail transfer over the Internet. | |
| Key System | see KTS | |
| Keyphone | A telephone, proprietary to a particular KTS, able to handle more than one call at a time, rather like a mini-switchboard. Has many function keys, some of them with lights as well. Particularly useful for distributed answering | |
| Keyphone System | see KTS | |
| kHz | Kilo Hetz. 1000Hz | |
| Kilo | see K | |
| KiloStream | A BT point to point digital circuit, typically offering 19.2, 64, 128 or 256Kbit/s bandwidth | |
| Krone | The Manufacturer of Insulation Displacement Connectors - see IDC | |
| KSU | Another term for the CCU of a telephone system | |
| KTS | Key Telephone System, known also as a Keyphone System |