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Technical Writing Glossary - K
 

Kb

kilobit; one thousand bits; e.g., 640Kb, no space

KB

kilobyte; one thousand bytes; e.g., 640KB

Kerberos

upper case "K"; a network authentication system

keys

represent in all caps: CTRL, ALT, DEL, ESC, etc. But: a, c, x, etc.

keystroke

noun

keyword

n    1) A word used in a text search.

      2) A word in a text document that is used in an index to best describe the contents of the document.

      3) A reserved word in a programming or command language

Knowledge Base

a web-based help system containing answers to thousands of frequently-asked questions about computing at Miami University. Use the abbreviation "KB" only after you've used the full term.  Can be accessed at http://kb.muohio.edu