|.TERM|K-byte
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|kilobyte
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kanji
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A graphic character set consisting of symbols used in Japanese
ideographic alphabets.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|DesignofOS
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|katakana
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A character set of symbols used in one of the two common
Japanese phonetic alphabets that is used primarily to write foreign words
phonetically.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Kerberos
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The authentication protocol implemented
by DCE shared-secret authentication. Kerberos was developed
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In classical
mythology, Kerberos was the three-headed dog that guarded
the entrance to the underworld.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kernel
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The part of a system that contains programs for such
tasks as input/output, management and control of hardware and the scheduling
of user tasks.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSAdminGd
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kernel initialization
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The code, steps, and procedures required to configure and
start up the kernel for normal system operation.  This encompasses the
kernel routines that must be called to perform these operations.
		|.XREF|user level initialization
		|.BOOK|DesignofOS
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kernel level
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|user level
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kernel mode
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The state in which a process executes kernel code.
Contrast with
\(LI\s12\f(HIuser mode\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kernel parameters
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Variables that specify how the kernel allocates certain system
resources. Synonymous with \(LI\s12\f(HIsystem parameters\(LI\s12\fH.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kernel service
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|In OSF/1 dynamic configuration, the entry points in the
core kernel or one of the core frameworks that perform configuration
functions.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSExtGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kerning
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|The design of graphic characters so that their character boxes
overlap. The toned picture elements (pels) of the character appear outside
the character cell.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|key
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A value used to encrypt and decrypt data.
		|.XREF|encryption key
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|One or more characters used to identify a record and establish
the record's order within an indexed file.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|A unique identifier (of type \s12\f(HBkey_t\s12\fH) that names
the particular interprocess communications member.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|Identifies the name of the shared library text image.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|5|An identifier within a set of data elements.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|6|A character string that matches a definition in a key table.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|7|For threads, this is an opaque object that can be used by
all threads in a process to assign thread specific values.  Two or
more threads can use the same key, but they set and access different
thread specific data values associated with that key.
		|.XREF|thread
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|key file
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|DFS: A file that stores the unique server encryption
keys used by the DFS server processes on a DFS server machine. Each DFS
server machine has its own unique key file.
		|.XREF|encryption key
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Key Management Facility
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A DCE Security facility that enables noninteractive
principals to manage their secret keys.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|key pad
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A physical grouping of keys on a keyboard such as the numeric
key pad, and the cursor key pad.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|keyboard
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An input device consisting of various keys that allows the user
to input data, control cursor and pointer locations, and to control the
dialogue with the workstation.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|keyboard click
|.ACR|key click
	|.DEFIN|1|Transient pulses or surges on a transmission line set up by the
opening or closing of keying circuit contacts.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|keyboard focus
|.ACR|
     |.DEFIN|1|Indicates the window or component within a window that
receives keyboard input.  It is sometimes called the input focus.
          |.XREF|
          |.BOOK|MotifStyleGd
          |.BOOK|MotifUsersGd
          |.TOPIC|
|.TERM|keysym
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An encoding of a symbol on a keycap on a keyboard.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|keyword
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A predefined word in a programming language. A reserved word.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSApplProgGd
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|In programming languages, a lexical unit that characterizes some
language construct. A keyword normally has the form of an identifier.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|3|A name or symbol that identifies a parameter.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|4|Part of a command operand that consists of a specific character
string.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|keyword argument
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A variable assignment that can be made on the command line.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|keyword parameter
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A parameter that consists of a keyword, followed by one or more
values.
		|.XREF|positional parameter
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kill
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|An operating system command that stops a process.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kill character
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Character that deletes a line of characters entered after a
prompt.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kilobyte
|.ACR|KB
	|.DEFIN|1|A unit of measurement for storage capacity equal
to 1024 (2\u\s-410\s0\d) bytes.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
	|.DEFIN|2|1024 bytes.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|knowledge reference
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|Knowledge that associates, either directly or
indirectly, a DIT entry with the DSA in which it is located.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|introDCE
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|Korn shell
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|*
		|.XREF|shell
		|.BOOK|OSUsersGd
		|.TOPIC|
|.TERM|kprocs
|.ACR|
	|.DEFIN|1|A kernel parameter that establishes the maximum number of
processes the kernel can run simultaneously.
		|.XREF|
		|.BOOK|
		|.TOPIC|
