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37 definitions for K
- Category: Cyberculture
K : [from kilo- ] A kilobyte. Used both as a spoken word and a written suffix (like meg and gig for megabyte and gigabyte). See quantifiers .
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K&R : [Kernighan and Ritchie] Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie's book The C Programming Language , esp. the classic and influential first edition (Prentice-Hall 1978; ISBN 0-13-110163-3). Syn. Old Testament . See also New Testament .
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K- : [rare; poss fr. prefix] Extremely. Rare among hackers, but quite common among crackers and warez d00dz in compounds such as k-kool /K´kool´/ , k-rad /K´rad´/ , and k-awesome /K´aw`sm/ . Also used to intensify negatives; thus,, k-lame , k-screwed , and k-annoying . Overuse of this prefix, or use in more formal or technical contexts, is considered an indicator of lamer status.
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Kahuna : [IBM: from the Hawaiian title for a shaman] Synonym for wizard, guru .
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Kamikaze packet : The ‘official’ jargon for what is more commonly called a Christmas tree packet . RFC -1025, TCP and IP Bake Off says: See also Chernobyl packet .
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Kangaroo code : Syn. spaghetti code .
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Ken : 1. [Unix] Ken Thompson, principal inventor of Unix. In the early days he used to hand-cut distribution tapes, often with a note that read Love, ken. Old-timers still use his first name (sometimes uncapitalized, because it's a login name and mail address) in third-person reference; it is widely understood (on Usenet, in particular) that without a last name ‘Ken’ refers only to Ken Thompson. Similarly, ‘Dennis’ without last name means Dennis Ritchie (and he is often known as dmr). See also demigod, Unix . 2. A flaming user. This was originated by the Software Support group at Symbolics because the two greatest flamers in the user community were both named Ken.
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Kernel-of-the-week club : The fictional society that BSD bigot s claim Linux users belong to, alluding to the release-early-release-often style preferred by the kernel maintainers. See bazaar . This was almost certainly inspired by the earlier bug-of-the-month club .
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Kgbvax : See kremvax .
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KIBO : 1. [acronym] Knowledge In, Bullshit Out. A summary of what happens whenever valid data is passed through an organization (or person) that deliberately or accidentally disregards or ignores its significance. Consider, for example, what an advertising campaign can do with a product's actual specifications. Compare GIGO ; see also SNAFU principle . 2. James Parry <kibo@world.std.com>, a Usenetter infamous for various surrealist net.pranks and an uncanny, machine-assisted knack for joining any thread in which his nom de guerre is mentioned. He has a website at http://www.kibo.com/ .
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Jargon 2.2 for xoops 2.X was adapted by Martialito from http://www.toplenet.com