| Acronym |
Full name |
Comments |
|
K
|
potassium
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K
|
a symbol for planetary wave number
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ka-band
|
0.8 cm wavelength radar
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KAEH
|
King Air Equivalent Hours
|
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KAFB
|
Kirkland Air Force Base
|
Albuqueque, New Mexico
|
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KB
|
Kilobyte (s)
|
Roughly 1000 bytes; actually 1024 bytes
|
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|
Kb
|
Kilobit(s)
|
Roughly 1000 bits; actually 1024 bits
|
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|
Kb/s
|
Kbits/s
|
kilobits per second
|
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|
Kbps
|
Kilobits (103) per second
|
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|
kbyte
|
kilobyte (103)
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|
kbyte/sec
|
kilobytes (103) per second
|
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KDP
|
potassium dihydrogen phosphate
|
Crystals used in laser directional control
|
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KE
|
kinetic energy
|
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|
KELP
|
coronal emission line polarimeter
|
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KISS
|
Kanton Island Sounding System
|
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kitoon
|
combination kite and balloon
|
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KLOC
|
kilolines (103) of code
|
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KMA
|
Korean Meteorological Administration
|
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KNET/Spartacus
|
|
Hardware/software configuration that enables the IBM 4381 (IO) front-end computer to use the TCP/IP protocol suite
|
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KNMI
|
Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
|
Royal Netherlands (or Dutch) Meteorological Institute
|
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KOFSE
|
Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment
|
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KOSAMP
|
Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Atmospheric Measurements Program
|
Also former name of KOFSE
|
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kp
|
low magnetic activity
|
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|
kp
|
geomagnetic planetary index
|
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KPNO
|
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Arizona
|
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KPP
|
K Profile Parameterization
|
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kR
|
kilorayleigh
|
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KRMS
|
Ka-band Radiometer Mapping System
|
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KSA
|
Ku-band single access
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KSC |
Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
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