Letter K
KDE              K Desktop Environment. A desktop graphical interface for Linux systems.

Kerberos         Authentication security system used on Windows 2000 Server and above
                 and other OSs.
                 
Kernel           The heart of an operating system which manages and loads application
                 programs and loads drives as and when required by the system.

Keyboard         Input device consisting of typewriter style QWERTY keyboard layout
                 with letters, digits, symbols and special function keys.

KeyLogger        A program that records key strokes to gather private information such
                 as usernames, passwords, account numbers, pins etc to gain unauthorised 
                 information. See Spyware.

Key Server       Software concurrency license server by Sassafras.

Kilobits         Number of bits in thousands. 1Kb is equal to 1024 bits or (1024/8) 128 bytes.

Kilobytes        Number of bytes in thousands. 1KB is equal to 1024 bytes (2^10).


Kindle           Tablet designed by Amazon for reading electronic books.

KMS              Key Management Services. Service to provide product key codes to activate 
                 Microsoft Windows and Office systems.