glossary of internet terms - k

A COMPLETE LIST OF DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS USED THROUGHOUT OUR WEBSITE

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K6 - Old processor from Intel's rival, AMD. In terms of performance, the K6 is roughly equivalent to a Pentium II processor.

Kb (kilobyte) - Measure of capacity of a storage device. Equal to 1,024 bytes.

Kb/s - Short for kilobytes per second, which is a measure of data transfer speed.

Kbit/s - Short for kilobits per second, which is a measure of data transfer or modem speed. A kilobit is 1,000 individual bits of computer data, and most computer modems download information at up to 56Kbps.

Kerning - Certain pairs of letters, such as 'A' and 'V', appear too widely spaced at large sizes and need to be squeezed together to look balanced. This is known as kerning and is used regularly in desktop-publishing applications. Can be performed either manually or automatically by software.

Keyword - A word of particular importance on a web page that can be used by search engines to identify it.

KHz (KiloHertz) - For digital audio, this refers to the number of samples per second a piece of music is recorded at. Audio CDs use 48KHz samples -- 48,000 samples per second.

Knowledge base - A structured store of electronic information. Like an interactive encyclopaedia but designed to help with decision-making and problem-solving in a specialised field, not as general reference source.
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