Knot

1) A measure of speed equivalent to one nautical mile per hour - ie 6,080 feet per hour. Typically used in the context of boat and ship speeds.

Kit

1) A number of separate stock-keeping units that are supplied or used as one item under its own part number. (Source: ILTSupply-Chain Inventory Management SIG)

Kingpin

1) The pin fitted to articulated semi-trailers to connect with the fifth-wheel coupling on tractive unit. The point from which certain measurements are taken (eg for determining whether sideguards are required - see sideguards).

KiloNewton

1) Unit of force (ie force acting for one second on a mass of one kilogramme to give it a velocity of one metre per second). In context of transport, a measurement of the force which sideguards on goods vehicle must be capable of withstanding (ie 2 kN over their length, apart from last 250 mm, under which they must not deflect more than 150 mm).

Keyboard

1) In computers, the means by which data is keyed in (ie input) to a computer. Most conform to QWERTY type as on typewriters (first six keys on top letter row) so enabling smooth transition from typist to word-processing operative.

Keeper of vehicle

1) Person/firm named on vehicle registration document as being the 'keeper' (ie the operator, not necessarily the owner - who may be a lessor/finance house, etc) and to whom owner liability aspects of law apply (eg for failure by driver to respond to fixed penalty notices).