The Computer Folks Glossary
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| Keyboard | An arrangement of letter, number, and special function keys that acts as the primary input device to the computer. |
| Keyboard shortcut | A combination of keys that allows the user to activate a program function without clicking a series of menu option. |
| Keyboard search engine | A means of accessing data about a particular subject, by searching for a significant word relevant to that subject. |
| Kilobyte (KB) | Approximately one thousand bytes. |
| Knowledge base | The collection of facts and rules obtained from experts that forms the information base on an expert system. |
| Knowledge engineering | The process of designing, entering rules into, and testing rules in an expert system. |
| Known Information | In a problem statement, information supplied to the computer to help it solve a problem. |