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Keep-Alive refers to a message that is sent from one device to another to check if the connection between the two is still active, or to prevent the session from…

KISS Principle (Keep It Simple, Stupid) is a design rule that states that systems perform best when they have simple designs rather than complex ones. It’s about focusing on the…

Kilobyte is a unit of digital information that equals 1,024 bytes. It’s often used to measure the size of small files, like a text document or an image. You can…

Keystroke Logging is the act of recording (logging) the keys struck on a keyboard, typically covertly, so that the person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being…

Keygen is a small program that generates a product licensing key, such as a serial number, necessary to activate for use of a software application. However, it’s often associated with…

Keyframe in animation and filmmaking is a drawing that defines the starting and ending points of any smooth transition. These are the frames where the most significant changes occur, guiding…

Kanban is a lean method to manage and improve work across human systems. This approach aims to manage work by balancing demands with available capacity and improving the handling of…

Knockout.js is a JavaScript library that helps developers create rich, responsive display and editor user interfaces with a clean underlying data model. It uses a Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern which allows…

Kiosk Mode refers to a specific mode in software applications that locks the user interface for use in public settings as interactive kiosks or terminals. This prevents users from accessing…

Kibana is an open-source data visualization dashboard for Elasticsearch. It provides visualization capabilities on top of the content indexed on an Elasticsearch cluster. Users can create bar, line and scatter…