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.