Kaleida = Kaleida Labs, Inc.
in Mountain
View, CA (415-966-0400). This
is a software/hardware development company (along
with the PowerPC and another company called Taligent)
funded in a joint venture by Apple Corporation and
IBM. The first noteworthy product is the long-delayed
ScriptX hypermedia package designed to cross multiple
platforms. Kaleida announced a 20% reduction in
work force on May 10, 1994. Eventually the project
was terminated as a joint venture and work in process
was diverted to other projects in both companies.
Kaleida is largely viewed by the public as a failed
joint venture that did not meet its main goals.
(See also Taligent, Firewall, PowerPC, and ScriptX)
Kerberos =
Kerberos -- Here is a FAQ that explains what Kerberos
is
Also see http://www.cmf.nrl.navy.mil/CCS/people/kenh/kerberos-faq.html
Kerberos is a network authentication protocol.
It is designed to provide strong authentication
for client/server applications by using secret-key
cryptography. A free implementation of this protocol
is available from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Kerberos is available in many commercial
products as well.
Also see security.
KE Shell = Knowledge Executive
Shell software from Arthur Andersen Worldwide
Organization, Center for Professional Education,
St Charles, IL. The software called Knowledge Executive Shell (KE
Shell) provides facilities for integrating multimedia
components of text, video, audio, and graphics.
KHz = (See kilohertz)
kilohertz = Unit of measure that
equals a frequency of 1 thousand cycles per second.
(See also Hertz and megahertz)
Kiosk = A multimedia display
system such as those used in marketing displays
at conferences and in stores. Kiosks are typically
used for demonstrations and may be self-contained
hardware units having computer, video, and audio
capabilities. For example, Computer and Control
Solutions (800-998-3525) offers one such self-contained
Kiosk machine. (See also JITT) Also,
a center of standalone interactive information or
content. Large department store chains
such as Sears and Kmart are installing web kiosks
for accessing online catalogs and the entire inventories
of items available for ordering. See "Virtual
Shopping Gets Real," Information Week, May
17, 1999. p. 30.
KISS = Keep It
Simple Stupid refers mainly to the
authoring of electronic books and/or development
of software in which success often depends upon
keeping the learning and usage mindlessly simple.
(See also Authoring)
Knowledge Management = a term that can have
multiple meanings. In business information
technology knowledge management refers to an entire
integrated system for accumulation, integration,
manipulation, and access of data across multiple
organizations, including such data as credit data,
consumer profiles, market data, product development
data, etc. A good article about Microsoft
Corporation's movement into this systems market
is "Smart Moves," by Stuart Johnston in
Information Week, May 31, 1999, 18-20. The
online version is at http://www.informationweek.com/736/km.htm . At another level,
it may refer to Enterprise Resource Management systems
such as SAP. At still another
level it may simply refer to database systems for
"knowledge" such as the Ask Jeeves knowledge base.
See also database.
