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Three Features of a Kangaroo Court

Court proceedings that lack the due process protections people associate with courts of law have earned the name “kangaroo court.” The term has been in use since at least the 19th century,

KNOWN

term used to describe a thing that is recognised, like a well known person, a fact that is understood or a thing that is familiar.

KEEP

a term meaning to hold, to maintain, to support, to retain in possession and to take care of.

KITING CHECKS

term that describes writing a cheque from another bank to cover a cheque that is overdrawn.

KILLED BY MISADVENTURE

a phrase that means to be accidentally killed but not during the committing of an act this is unlawful.

KANGAROO COURT

the name that is given to an unauthorised court that is set up without legal power and authority that takes the law into its own hands.

KERMIT

Software named after the Muppet frog character in the children’s educational program, Sesame Street. Controls data exchanges between PCs and mainframe computers. It is an asynchronous file-transfer protocol, largely replaced by internet

KEY TELEPHONE SYSTEM (KTS)

Alternative to a private branch exchange (PBX) phone system, smaller, cheaper, but less flexible. Allows a caller to directly select outgoing lines, incoming calls, or use intercom and conference facilities via several

KERNEL

Computer operating system nucleus. Manages core operations and hardware resources allocation. Also refer to shell.

KEYBOARD

Computer-system external input device for data entry. It could be to a mobile device, a personal computer, or any other electronic machine. This device has keys with alphabetic, numerical, and common symbols

KILOWATT (KW)

Electrical power measure of a standard unit equal to 1000 watts. Equivalent to 1.34 horsepower, or 1000 joules per second as a measured consumption rate.

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM

Artificial intelligence / expert system based software techniques. Used to solve process problems. Intended use is to respond to unique queries and expertise transfers, relating one domain of knowledge to another. Exists

KAIZEN

Small but continual improvements involving everyone from the chief executive to the lowest level workers achieves higher standards in quality enhancement and waste reduction. Mosaki Imai popularized it in his book ‘Kaizen:

KERNING

Spatial adjusting between certain characters along a text line. Natural shape and slope improve character appearance. Letter combinations like WA and VA look awkward and slow smooth eye flow along a text

KEYED ADVERTISEMENT

Print ad coded in an advertisement address to identify the source of the query or order. The words ‘Dept. DN’, for example, may indicate ad placements in a newspaper named ‘Daily News.’

KILOWATT-HOUR (KWH)

Electrical power consumption measure of a standard unit equal to 1000 watts in an hour. Equivalent to 860 kilocalories, or 3412 British thermal units (Btu) as a measured consumption rate.

KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL

Experience, information, knowledge, learning, and skills of the employees of an organization tallied into expertise, high-capability. Knowledge capital is an essential component of human capital. Knowledge capital builds the longest lasting competitive

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