KENTREF

The division of a county; a hundred in Wales. See CANTBED.

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KEY JOBS

Organization’s and Labor market’s common jobs used to determine general pay scales. Clerks, drivers, janitors, and secretaries are examples of common jobs.

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KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS

A series of resolutions drawn up by Jefferson, and adopted by the legislature of Kentucky in 1799, protesting against the “alien and sedi- tion laws,” declaring their illegality, announcing the strict constructionist theory of the federal government, and declaring “nullification” to be “the rightful remedy.”

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KEY LIFETIME

For encryption-decryption security, private decryption keys have no expiration, an indefinite lifetime. Secret keys, however, have terminal lifetimes that need to be defined in an organization’s security policy.

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KEOGH ACT PLAN

Also referred to as a HR-10 plan. A plan that allows those who are self-employed to set up a retirement plan and have access to tax benefits comparative to the benefits offered in corporate pensions. This plan was established under the Self-Employed Individual’s Tax Retirement Act.

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KEY MAN RISK

The effect losing one important member of the team causes.

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KEOGH PLAN

In the US self-employed individuals and employees with no pension plan can set up this self-contributory saving or pension plan. New York Congressman Eugene J. Keogh proposed it. Individuals set aside a certain maximum of pretax income in this tax-deferred scheme. Like an individual retirement account (IRA), a Keogh Plan grows invested monies with no tax unless money is withdrawn prior to age 59

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KEY MONEY

Deposit on a leased property paid by the lessee.

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KERBEROS

User authentication scheme for Open source (non-proprietary) and public domain (free). A client-server environment’s network security system. Named after Greek mythology’s fierce three-headed guard dog. At user login and every service request, it verifies the user. To encrypt data It uses private or secret keys known as ‘tickets’. Contrast to public keys. Based on symmetric key cryptography and data encryption standard algorithms, it was developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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KERF

The jagged end of a stick of wood made by the cutting. Pub. St. Mass. 1S82, p. 1292.

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