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abbreviation
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(context, education, US) kindergarten
Example: "K-8" is Kindergarten through eighth grade
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(computing) Often used to represent 1,024.
- A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood."
- In morse code K means "go ahead" or "over" as a procedural signal.
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noun
- The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
- A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
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(computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
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(context, US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
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(mathematics) Those elements, in the domain of a function, which the function maps to zero.
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Klein bottle |
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noun
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(topology) A two-dimensional enclosed surface which doesn't have a distinct "inside" and "outside" (in a similar way that a Mí¶bius strip has only one side).
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