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IT Glossary
Key Terms To Know In The IT Industry

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Kinematics Simulation

The use of computer algorithms to simulate the motion of objects or systems without considering the forces that cause the motion, used in robotics and animation.

You will find this term commonly used in Computer Graphics, Robotics

Kinetic Scrolling

A touch-screen gesture that allows users to scroll through a list or menu fluidly, as if flicking the content on the screen with their finger, often used in mobile and web applications for enhanced user experience.

You will find this term commonly used in UI/UX Design, Mobile Development

Kinetic User Interface

User interfaces that respond to physical movements of the user, often involving touch, gestures, or motion sensors, enhancing interaction with devices and applications.

You will find this term commonly used in UI/UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction

Kiosk Application

A specialized software application designed to run on public access terminals, providing users with access to specific services or information in a controlled environment.

You will find this term commonly used in Software Development, User Interface

Kiosk Computing

The use of kiosks or public access terminals to provide services or information to users, typically involving restricted access to computing resources and internet.

You will find this term commonly used in User Interface Design, Public Computing

Kiosk Mode

A setting on a computer or software application that limits user interaction and activity to only specific tasks or functions, often used in public terminals to enhance security and usability.

You will find this term commonly used in General IT, Security

Kiosk Mode Security

The security measures and practices associated with restricting a device to a single application or a set of predefined functions, commonly used in public terminals and devices to protect against unauthorized access.

You will find this term commonly used in Security, User Interface Design

Kiosk Software

Software designed to lock down a device to a specific set of functions, typically used in public access terminals for information or services.

You will find this term commonly used in General IT, User Interface

Knapsack Problem

A problem in combinatorial optimization, where one has to maximize the total value of a set of items without exceeding the capacity limit, applicable in resource allocation tasks.

You will find this term commonly used in Algorithms, Optimization

Knock Protocol

A network communication method where a sequence of attempts to connect to a set of predefined closed ports is used to trigger a server-side script or command, often for changing firewall rules dynamically.

You will find this term commonly used in Networking, Security

Knockout.js

A JavaScript library that helps developers build responsive and dynamic web UIs with the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern, facilitating two-way data binding and DOM manipulation.

You will find this term commonly used in Web Development, Programming

Knowledge Base

A centralized repository for information: a public library, a database of related information about a particular subject.

You will find this term commonly used in General IT, Support

Knowledge Base Article

A written piece of content that provides instructions or information on a specific topic, commonly used in customer support and IT documentation to help users solve problems or understand topics.

You will find this term commonly used in Support, Documentation

Knowledge Base Construction

The process of building a knowledge base, including the collection, organization, and categorization of information, often involving the extraction and integration of information from various sources.

You will find this term commonly used in AI, Information Retrieval

Knowledge Base Integration

The process of integrating a knowledge base with other tools or platforms, such as customer support software, to provide users with easy access to information and improve service efficiency.

You will find this term commonly used in Information Systems, Customer Support

Knowledge Base Management

The process of organizing, storing, and managing information in a knowledge base, ensuring that the information is accessible, accurate, and up-to-date.

You will find this term commonly used in Information Management, Support

Knowledge Base System

A specialized database for knowledge management, providing the means for the computerized collection, organization, and retrieval of knowledge.

You will find this term commonly used in AI, Information Systems

Knowledge Discovery

The process of discovering useful knowledge from a collection of data, often involving methods and techniques from statistics, data mining, and big data analytics.

You will find this term commonly used in AI, Big Data

Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD)

The process of discovering useful knowledge from collections of data, involving techniques from artificial intelligence, machine learning, and statistics to extract patterns and insights.

You will find this term commonly used in Data Science, Big Data

Knowledge Discovery Process

The overall process of identifying, extracting, and analyzing knowledge from large volumes of data, often involving data mining techniques to uncover patterns, trends, and insights.

You will find this term commonly used in Data Science, Big Data

Knowledge Elicitation

The process of extracting knowledge from experts or documented sources in order to build knowledge-based systems, often involving interviews, surveys, and analysis of existing documentation.

You will find this term commonly used in AI, Knowledge Engineering

Knowledge Engineering

The process of creating rules and knowledge in a knowledge-based system, often involving the transfer and modeling of knowledge from experts into a computer-readable format.

You will find this term commonly used in AI, Expert Systems

Knowledge Graph

A knowledge base used by Google and other services to enhance its search engine's results with information gathered from a variety of sources, structured in a way that makes it understandable and useful for specific queries.

You will find this term commonly used in AI, Semantic Web

Knowledge Integration

The process of combining knowledge from different sources and domains, leveraging various data integration techniques and technologies to create a unified, accessible, and useful body of knowledge.

You will find this term commonly used in Information Systems, Data Management

Knowledge Management

The process of creating, sharing, using, and managing the knowledge and information of an organization. It refers to a multidisciplinary approach to achieving organizational objectives by making the best use of knowledge.

You will find this term commonly used in General IT, Business Management

Knowledge Management Practices

The methodologies and practices used by organizations to identify, create, represent, and distribute knowledge for reuse, awareness, and learning across the organization.

You will find this term commonly used in Information Systems, Business Management

Knowledge Management System

A system for managing knowledge in organizations, supporting the creation, sharing, and administration of knowledge in centralized or distributed contexts.

You will find this term commonly used in Information Systems, Business Management

Knowledge Ontology

A formal representation of knowledge as a set of concepts within a domain, and the relationships between those concepts, used to reason about the entities within that domain and to make AI systems more effective.

You will find this term commonly used in AI, Semantic Web

Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO)

The outsourcing of core, information-related business activities, which involves handling of knowledge-intensive processes by workers in a different company or by a subsidiary of the same organization.

You will find this term commonly used in Business Process Outsourcing, Management

Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) Expertise

Outsourcing of tasks that require significant domain expertise, allowing companies to benefit from specialized skills without the need for in-house development, often involving analytics, data management, and research.

You will find this term commonly used in Business Process Outsourcing, Knowledge Management

Knowledge Representation

The field of AI focused on representing information about the world in a form that a computer system can utilize to solve complex tasks.

You will find this term commonly used in AI, Machine Learning

Knowledge Representation Language

A language used in artificial intelligence to represent information about the world, problems, or conditions that enables automated reasoning or problem-solving.

You will find this term commonly used in AI, Machine Learning

Knowledge Transfer

The process by which experienced employees share or distribute their knowledge, skills, and behaviors with others in the organization.

You will find this term commonly used in Business Management, HR

Knowledge-Based System

A system that uses artificial intelligence and expert knowledge to solve complex problems that usually require human expertise, by reasoning through bodies of knowledge and using inference rules.

You will find this term commonly used in AI, Expert Systems

Knuth-Morris-Pratt Algorithm

An algorithm for string searching that searches for occurrences of a "word" W within a main "text string" S by employing the observation that when a mismatch occurs, the word itself embodies sufficient information to dictate where the next match could begin.

You will find this term commonly used in Algorithms, Programming

KOPS (Kubernetes Operations)

A set of tools for installing, operating, and deleting Kubernetes clusters in the cloud. It helps manage clusters in a way that automates the deployment and scalability of applications.

You will find this term commonly used in Cloud Computing, Kubernetes

Kotlin

A statically typed programming language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine and can be used to develop Android apps and server-side applications.

You will find this term commonly used in Programming, Mobile Development

KPI Dashboard

A visual interface that displays critical KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to provide insights into the performance of various aspects of an organization.

You will find this term commonly used in Business Intelligence, IT Management

KPI Monitoring

The practice of continuously monitoring and analyzing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to gauge the performance of various functions within an organization, especially relevant in IT departments to measure service levels and system performance.

You will find this term commonly used in IT Management, Business Analysis

Kryo

A fast and efficient serialization framework for Java, often used in big data and distributed computing environments for network communication and storage.

You will find this term commonly used in Programming, Big Data

Kryo Serialization

A method of converting objects into byte streams for storage or transmission over a network, commonly used in Java programming for efficient serialization of Java objects.

You will find this term commonly used in Programming, Data Storage

Kubernetes

An open-source platform for automating deployment, scaling, and operations of application containers across clusters of hosts, providing container-centric infrastructure.

You will find this term commonly used in Cloud Computing, DevOps

Kubernetes API

The application programming interface (API) provided by Kubernetes, allowing for the creation, modification, and management of Kubernetes resources programmatically.

You will find this term commonly used in Cloud Computing, DevOps

Kubernetes API Server

The component of the Kubernetes master that exposes the Kubernetes API, serving as the front-end for the Kubernetes control plane, handling and processing requests to manage Kubernetes resources.

You will find this term commonly used in Cloud Computing, DevOps

Kubernetes Autoscaling

The capability of Kubernetes to automatically adjust the number of running Pods based on the current demand and performance metrics, ensuring efficient resource use and maintaining application performance.

You will find this term commonly used in Cloud Computing, Performance Management

Kubernetes Cluster

A set of node machines for running containerized applications managed by Kubernetes, allowing for the deployment and management of applications at scale.

You will find this term commonly used in Cloud Computing, DevOps

Kubernetes ConfigMap

An API object in Kubernetes used to store non-confidential data in key-value pairs. Pods can consume ConfigMaps as environment variables, command-line arguments, or as configuration files in a volume.

You will find this term commonly used in Cloud Computing, Configuration Management

Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)

Extensions of the Kubernetes API that allow users to create new resources without adding them to the Kubernetes core codebase, enabling the creation of custom objects to support advanced configurations.

You will find this term commonly used in Cloud Computing, Configuration Management

Kubernetes Deployment

A Kubernetes object that manages the deployment and scaling of a set of Pods, ensuring that a specified number of replicas of a pod are running at any given time.

You will find this term commonly used in Cloud Computing, DevOps

Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA)

A feature in Kubernetes that automatically scales the number of Pods in a replication controller, deployment, or replica set based on observed CPU utilization or other select metrics.

You will find this term commonly used in Cloud Computing, DevOps

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