JVArcServ ————- Archive server for FidoNet modelled after Archie for the Internet. It maintains file lists from FidoNet systems throughout its area and will do searches on these file lists based on netmail requests made to it by remote systems. JVArcServ lets you search through file listings for the program you are looking for. It will send you an email message back telling you the BBS name, phone number, and file section of all the systems in the network that match the given criteria.
KB
—
Kilobyte. A unit of data storage size which represents 1024
characters of information.
Kbits ——- 1,000 bits.
Kermit ——— Protocol designed for transferring files between microcomputers and mainframe computers developed by Catchings at Columbia University. There are both public domain, and copyrighted Kermit programs. Some of these programs are complete programs in themselves offering the communication functions needed for the particular machine on which they are running. The complete Kermit protocol manual and the source code for various versions are available from:
Kermit Distribution, (212) 854-3703 Columbia University Center for Computing Activities 612 West 115 Street, New York, NY 10025
Knowbot ———- Experimental directory services using intelligent computer programs that automate the search and gathering of data from distributed databases. The concept behind the Knowbot is that it is supposed to be a Knowledge Robot — something that goes hunting for information on the Internet. To reach a Knowbot: telnet CNRI.Reston.va.us port 70
LAN
—-
Local Area Network. A data network intended to serve an area of
only a few square kilometers or less.
LAP-M
——-
Link Access Procedure for Modems is a CCITT standard for modem
modulation and error control. It is the primary basis for the CCITT
V.42 protocol.
Library ———- is used on online services about a collection of related databases (that you may search in) or files (that may be retrieved).
List
——
File-viewing program for MS-DOS computers (see chapter 14).
Registration: US$37 to Buerg Software, 139 White Oak Circle,
Petaluma, CA 94952, U.S.A. (1993).