Glossary
PROMISLingua has a very innovative approach which requires a common understanding and a common nomenclature. The following section presents a list of specialist words and their definitions
- kbps
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Your modem's speed is measured in the number of bits it can transfer in a second. Modems rated in kilobits per second are now the standard.
- kernel
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Modern operating systems are typically built in layers, with each layer adding new capabilities, such as disk access techniques or a graphical user interface. But the essential layer, the foundation on which the rest of the operating system rests, is typically called a kernel.
In general, the kernel provides low-level services, such as memory management, basic hardware interaction, and security. Without the kernel, your system would stop.
- kilobyte
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Although kilo is Greek for a thousand, a kilobyte actually contains 1,024 bytes (that is 2 to the 10th power). In other words, a thousand bytes is actually less than a kilobyte. Remember that the next time you download a file. Abbreviated as KB.
- KMS (knowledge management system)
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See knowledge management.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Knowledge
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Knowledge, means the property of the contractor carrying out the work leading to that knowledge. It also means the results, including information, whether or not they can be protected, arising from the project governed by this contract, as well as copyrights or rights pertaining to such results following applications for, or the issue of patents, designs, plant varieties, supplementary protection certificates or similar forms of protection.
Source: European Commission
- Knowledge - legal meaning
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Knowledge means the results, including information, arising from the Project as well as copyright or rights attaching to the results following application for, or the issue or registration of, patents, designs and models, additional certificates or other similar forms of protection
Source: European Commission
- Knowledge asset
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Intellectual content possessed by an organization. Any piece of information that a worker at a company knows, from customer names to how to fix a piece of machinery, can be considered a knowledge asset.
Assets can be codified in a variety of formats, such as PowerPoint slides, Word documents, audio and video files, and so forth. Source: Learning Circuits
- Knowledge base
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A specialized database that stores knowledge assets.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Knowledge Management
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Knowledge management is the management of the organization towards the continuous renewal of the organizational knowledge base - this means e.g. creation of supportive organizational structures, facilitation of organizational members, putting IT-instruments with emphasis on teamwork and diffusion of knowledge (as e.g. groupware) into place. –
Source: Thomas Bertels
