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IT Abbreviations & Acronyms: Comprehensive Glossary

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There are currently 26 acronyms in this directory beginning with the letter K.
K
K6
Amd-K6
KA
Knowledge Article
KAS
Knowledge Acquisition Specialist
KB
Knowledgebase
KB or Kbyte*
Kilobyte
KBA
Knowledge-Based Authentication
KBE
Knowledge-Based Engineering
Kbps
Kilobits Per Second
KBW
Keyboard Wedge
KDE
K Desktop Environment
KE
Known Error
KEDB
Known Error Database
KGD
Known Good Die
kHz
Kilohertz
KISS Principle
Keep It Simple, Stupid
KLOC
Thousands Of Lines Of Code
KM
Knowledge Management
KMD
Kazaa Media Desktop
KML
Keyhole Markup Language
KMS
Key Management Service
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
KRI
Key Risk Indicator
KVM
Kernel-based Virtual Machine
KVP
Key-Value Pair
KW
Knowledge Warehouse
kWh
Kilowatt-Hour

A quick reference guide for Information Technology (IT) related acronyms and abbreviations.

As a service to IT personnel everywhere (and also for ourselves) we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of IT-related acronyms and abbreviations.

Acronyms can be pronounced as words, like NASA and UNESCO; as individual letters, like FBI, TNT, and ATM; or as both letters and words, like JPEG (pronounced JAY-peg).

Abbreviations formed from a string of initials and usually pronounced as individual letters are more specifically called initialisms or alphabetisms.

No matter how you refer to these IT-related terms, please use our quick reference guide or search TechTerms.com to help decode the world of IT abbreviations and acronyms.

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