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K - 1. the eleventh letter of the alphabet. 2. a prefix meaning 1024 as in kilobytes. 3. 1024 bytes, as in "640K of RAM". Also KB. 3. a prefix meaning 1000, as in kilohertz. See kilo. 4. degrees Kelvin. See C.

K&R - the common name for the book, The C Programming Language, written by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie. The answers to the exercises in K&R are provided in The C Answer Book.

Kanji - the Japanese alphabet. The Japanese version of Director supports Kanji.

KagiWare - a shareware distributor.

KB - 1024 bytes, a common unit of measure for RAM or a file's size. See KiloByte, K, MB.

Kernighan, Brian - co-author of the C programming language along with Dennis Ritchie. Famous for their programming book on C commonly referred to as K&R.

keyword - 1. a reserved word in a programming language which indicates a special command or operation. 2. a word used to access a particular section of AOL. The Macromedia forum on AOL is available at keyword "Macromedia". See GO.

kHz - see kilohertz, Hertz, MHz. Sounds are typically sampled at 11.025 kHz, 22.050 kHz, or 44.1 kHz. Refer to the Tech Note, "Sound Sampling Rates in Director".

kilo - 1. a prefix meaning 1000, as in kilohertz. See K, mega. 2. a prefix meaning 1024 as in kilobytes. 3. one kilogram, especially of an illegal drug, as in "They found a kilo of marijuana".

kilobyte - 1024 bytes, abbreviated as K or KB. Note, this is not exactly one thousand (1000). See kilo.

kilogram - 1000 grams, or approximately 2.2 lbs., abbreviated kg or kilo.

kilohertz - one thousand (1000) Hertz, abbreviated kHz. See kilo, MHz, K. Refer to the Tech Note, "Sound Sampling Rates in Director".

kilometer - one thousand (1000) meters, abbreviated km.

kg - see KiloGram.

km - see KiloMeter.

Kramer, Cosmo - Jerry Seinfeld's neighbor, played by Michael Richards. See YoYo Ma, Crazy Joe DiVola.

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