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Key PatternnounMWEan ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in reliefverified
Key Production KeynounMWEKey used to initialize a keystream generator for the production of other electronically generated key.verified
Key RecoverynounMWEMechanisms and processes that allow authorized parties to retrieve the cryptographic key used for data confidentiality.verified
key resourcenounMWEA publicly or privately controlled asset necessary to sustain continuity of government and/or economic operations, or an asset that is of great historical significance.verified
Key risk indicatornounMWEA subset of risk indicators that are highly relevant and possess a high probability of predicting or indicating important risk Scope Note: See also Risk Indicator.verified
Key StreamnounMWESequence of symbols (or their electrical or mechanical equivalents) produced in a machine or auto-manual cryptosystem to combine with plain text to produce cipher text, control transmission security processes, or produce key.verified
Key TapenounMWEPunched or magnetic tape containing key. Printed key in tape form is referred to as a key list.verified
Key TransportnounMWEThe secure transport of cryptographic keys from one cryptographic module to another module.verified
key word searchnounMWEA content-inspection technique in which a system or analyst scans data in transit or at rest for the presence of pre-specified terms or strings in order to identify, classify, flag, or block that data based on its substance. It is distinguished from structural or metadata-based inspection by operating on the semantic content of a message or file rather than on headers, labels, or format characteristics — as NIST SP 800-171r3 illustrates by contrasting it with "using document characteristics" as an alternative basis for information-flow decisions. In security and privacy practice it is applied in controls such as data loss prevention (DLP), information-flow enforcement, e-discovery, and content filtering to surface regulated, sensitive, or policy-violating material in large data sets.verified
Key WrapnounMWEA method of encrypting keying material (along with associated integrity information) that provides both confidentiality and integrity protection using a symmetric key algorithm.verified
Keyboard BuffernounMWEa buffer that keeps track of key strokes until the computer is ready to respond to themverified
Keyed-hash based message authentication codenounMWEA message authentication code that uses a cryptographic key in conjunction with a hash function.verified
Keying MaterialnounMWEKey, code, or authentication information in physical, electronic, or magnetic form.verified
Keystroke MonitoringnounMWEThe process used to view or record both the keystrokes entered by a computer user and the computer’s response during an interactive session. Keystroke monitoring is usually considered a special case of audit trails.verified
Kia QuennounMWEa form of foot torture used by the Chinese in which the victim's foot was placed between three pieces of bamboo and systematically squeezedverified
Kick StarternounMWEa starter (as on a motorcycle) that is activated with the foot and the weight of the bodyverified
Kidney BeannounMWEa variety of beans grown for the seeds rather than the pods, and having large red kidney-shaped beansverified
Kidney BegonianounMWEa rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneathverified
Kidney FailurenounMWEan inability of the kidneys to excrete wastes and to help maintain the electrolyte balanceverified
Kidney PienounMWEa savoury pie that is filled principally with a mixture of diced beef, diced kidney, often of ox, lamb, or pork, fried onion, and brown gravy. verified
Kidney VetchnounMWEa perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pasturesverified
Kidney WortnounMWEa widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicleverified
Killdeer PlovernounMWEan American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cryverified
Killer BeenounMWEa strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybeeverified
Killer T CellnounMWET cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill itverified
Killing FieldnounMWEan area where many people have died, usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbanceverified
Kilogram CalorienounMWEa unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressureverified
Kilometers Per HournounMWEthe ratio of the distance traveled, in kilometers, to the time spent traveling, in hoursverified
Kilometres Per HournounMWEthe ratio of the distance traveled, in kilometers, to the time spent traveling, in hoursverified
Kilowatt HournounMWEa unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hourverified
Kinetic TheorynounMWE(physics) a theory that gases consist of small particles in random motionverified
Kinetic Theory of HeatnounMWEa theory that the temperature of a body increases when kinetic energy increasesverified
King BegonianounMWEany of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowersverified
King CrabnounMWEa less common name for the horseshoe crab, a large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tailverified
King FernnounMWElarge deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted frondsverified
King NutnounMWEa hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nutverified
King Nut HickorynounMWEhickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nutverified
King OrangenounMWEa large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeledverified
King ProteanounMWEa South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokesverified
Kingfisher DaisynounMWEa softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue raysverified
Kino GumnounMWEa reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etcverified
Kinship SystemnounMWEthe system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailedverified