An open-source platform designed to automate deploying, scaling, and operating application containers.
"Kubernetes helps manage containerized applications in a clustered environment, providing tools for deploying applications, scaling them as needed, and managing changes."
A workaround or quick-and-dirty solution that is clumsy, inelegant, inefficient, difficult to extend, and hard to maintain.
"Kludges are often used to fix problems quickly, but they can lead to more issues down the line due to their ad hoc nature."
Kivy is a Python framework for creating cross-platform GUI apps, free to use under the MIT License.
"Kivy has been built to be easy to use, cross-platform and fast."
A reserved word in a programming language that is used to perform specific actions or to indicate specific commands or parameters.
"In many programming languages, 'if', 'else', 'while', and 'return' are examples of keywords that cannot be used as variable names."
A set of two linked data items: a key, which is a unique identifier for some item of data, and the value, which is either the data that is identified or a pointer to the location of that data.
"Key-value pairs are widely used in programming languages and databases to store data as a collection of unique keys and their associated values."
The core of a computer's operating system, with complete control over everything in the system.
"The kernel manages the system's resources, allowing software and hardware to communicate with each other."
The core component of most computer operating systems; it manages system resources and communication between hardware and software components.
"The Linux kernel is the foundation of various Linux distributions and influences a wide array of devices from servers to smartphones."
A text formatting style in which words are lowercased and separated by hyphens, used in programming for identifiers that cannot have whitespace.
"Kebab-case is commonly used in URLs and CSS class names to improve readability."
In the context of software development, a small exercise or challenge that developers practice to hone their skills.
"Coding katas are used by programmers to practice writing clean, efficient code, and to learn new algorithms or programming techniques."
A scheduling system for lean manufacturing and just-in-time manufacturing (JIT). In software development, Kanban is used as an agile methodology to manage work by balancing demands with available capacity and by improving the handling of system-level bottlenecks.
"Kanban boards visually depict work at various stages of a process using cards to represent work items and columns to represent each stage of the process."
Kali Linux is an operating system designed for advanced penetration testing and security auditing purposes.
"Hey, have you tried messing around with Kali Linux? It's like the swiss army knife of hacking tools!"
An open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
"K8s provides a platform for automating the distribution and scheduling of application containers across a cluster of machines."
A statically typed programming language for modern multiplatform applications, fully interoperable with Java.
"Kotlin offers more concise syntax and features like null safety and extension functions, making it a popular choice for Android app development."
A design principle that states that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated.
"The KISS principle encourages simplicity and avoiding unnecessary complexity in software design and implementation."
