Appendix Acronyms K

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Acronyms - K

K Kilo (metric 1000)

K9 canine (K9 corps - army dogs)

KAIST Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

KAO Kuiper Airborne Observatory [Space]

KB KiloByte

KC King's Counsel (QC when queen reigning)

KC Knights of Columbus

KD Kiln Dried

KD Knocked Down

KDCI Key Display Call Indicator

KERMIT Kl-10 Error-free Reciprocal Micro Interconnect over TTY lines

KET Kentucky Educational Television

KHz Kilo HertZ (unit of frequency, 1000 cycles per second)

KI Kiwanis International

KIA Killed In Action

KIAS Knot Indicated Air Speed

Km Kilometers

KO Knock Out [Boxing, Electric]

KP Key Pulse [Telephony]

KP Kitchen Police

KPNO Kitt Peak National Observatory

KPO KeyPunch Operator

KQC King's College London

K&R Kernighan and Ritchie, the c programming language

KS King's Scholar

KSC Kennedy Space Center (NASA) [Space]

KSU Key System Unit [Telephony]

KTB Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary (from German) [Space]

KTS Key Telephone System [Telephony]

KTU Key Telephone Unit [Telephony]

KWIC Key Word In Context

KY Kentucky