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Glossary
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Device Name | Book/Story | Author | Date |
| Kamikaze Andy - not Threepio | Tekwar | Shatner | 1989 |
| Karatand | Stand on Zanzibar | Brunner | 1968 |
| Kemplerer (Klemperer) Rosette - planets without a sun | Ringworld | Niven | 1970 |
| Key Club - by booth id only | Flash Crowd | Niven | 1972 |
| Keyboard With Changing Keys | Imperial Earth | Clarke | 1976 |
| Killalc Pills | The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge | Harrison | 1970 |
| Killer Robot - very early reference | Rust | Kelleam | 1939 |
| Kinagram - moving letters | Anathem | Stephenson | 2008 |
| Kinetiscope Appliance - like a PDA | When the Sleeper Wakes | Wells | 1899 |
| Kingdom in a Box | The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age | Lem | 1965 |
| King's Free Park - a long narrow park | Cloak of Anarchy | Niven | 1972 |
| Kink-Spring - reusable energy source | The Calorie Man | Bacigalupi | 2005 |
| Kinotrope | The Difference Engine | Gibson (w/B. Sterling) | 1990 |
| Kipple - non-recycled paper. | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Dick | 1968 |
| Kitchen Korner - smarty fridge | Idoru | Gibson | 1996 |
| Kite-Copter Car | The Kokod Warriors | Vance | 1952 |
| KloraDerm | Old Man's War | Scalzi | 2005 |
| Knockdown Cabin - portable shelter | Coventry | Heinlein | 1940 |
| Knowledge Engine - machine-made expertise | Gulliver's Travels | Swift | 1726 |
| Korsakov's - mind control | Mona Lisa Overdrive | Gibson | 1988 |
| KR-3 | Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said | Dick | 1974 |
| Krimskell Fiber - better than zip strips | Dune | Herbert | 1965 |
| Kuang Grade Mark Eleven Penetration Program | Neuromancer | Gibson | 1984 |
| Kundrenaline | The Hands of Aten | Winter | 1931 |
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