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k [a]
 
1)denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
    Synonyms :1000 a_thousand m one_thousand thousand 
    See Also: cardinal 
 
k [n]
 
1)the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
    Synonyms :kelvin 
    See Also: temperature_unit 
 
2)a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
    Synonyms :atomic_number_19 potassium 
    See Also: metal  brine  carnallite  kainite  langbeinite  sylvine 
 
3)the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
    Synonyms :1000 chiliad g grand m one_thousand thou thousand yard 
    See Also: large_integer 
 
4)a unit of information equal to one thousand (1024) bytes
    Synonyms :kb kilobyte 
    See Also: mb  computer_memory_unit  word 
 
5)the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
    Synonyms :
    See Also: alphabetic_character  latin_alphabet 
 
6)street names for ketamine
    Synonyms :cat_valium green honey_oil jet special_k super_acid super_c 
    See Also: ketalar 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

kilo-, a kilobyte. Used both as a spoken word and a written suffix, like meg and gig for megabyte and gigabyte.

See prefix.

[Jargon File]

(1995-09-29)



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