K

Karn's algorithm

Algorithm that improves round-trip time estimations by helping transport layer protocols distinguish between good and bad round-trip time samples.

KB

kilobyte.

Kb

kilobit.

kBps

kilobytes per second.

kbps

kilobits per second.

keepalive interval

Period of time between each keepalive message sent by a network device.

keepalive message

Message sent by one network device to inform another network device that the virtual circuit between the two is still active.

Kermit

Popular file-transfer and terminal-emulation program.

KERN

kernel trap logging facility. Process that runs on each NP of every LightStream 2020 ATM switch in a network. KERN converts LynxOS kernel messages, sent to the console, into SNMP messages.

kilobit

Abbreviated Kb.

kilobits per second

Abbreviated kbps.

kilobyte

Abbreviated KB.

kilobytes per second

Abbreviated kBps.