KA meaning in Computing ?

Answer:

What is Knowledge Acquisition mean?

Knowledge acquisition is the process used to define the rules and ontologies required for a knowledge-based system. The phrase was first used in conjunction with expert systems to describe the initial tasks associated with developing an expert system, namely finding and interviewing domain experts and capturing their knowledge via rules, objects, and frame-based ontologies.

Expert systems were one of the first successful applications of artificial intelligence technology to real world business problems. Researchers at Stanford and other AI laboratories worked with doctors and other highly skilled experts to develop systems that could automate complex tasks such as medical diagnosis. Until this point computers had mostly been used to automate highly data intensive tasks but not for complex reasoning. Technologies such as inference engines allowed developers for the first time to tackle more complex problems.

As expert systems scaled up from demonstration prototypes to industrial strength applications it was soon realized that the acquisition of domain expert knowledge was one of if not the most critical task in the knowledge engineering process. This knowledge acquisition process became an intense area of research on its own. One of the earlier works on the topic used Batesonian theories of learning to guide the process.

One approach to knowledge acquisition investigated was to use natural language parsing and generation to facilitate knowledge acquisition. Natural language parsing could be performed on manuals and other expert documents and an initial first pass at the rules and objects could be developed automatically. Text generation was also extremely useful in generating explanations for system behavior. This greatly facilitated the development and maintenance of expert systems.

A more recent approach to knowledge acquisition is a re-use based approach. Knowledge can be developed in ontologies that conform to standards such as the Web Ontology Language (OWL). In this way knowledge can be standardized and shared across a broad community of knowledge workers. One example domain where this approach has been successful is bioinformatics.

reference

Full Form	Category
Kitchen Appliance	Academic & Science
Klingon Academy	Academic & Science
IEEE Gustav Robert Kirchhoff Award	Academic & Science
Knowledge Architecture	Academic & Science
Kilo Annam	Academic & Science
Kilo Annum	Academic & Science
Key Account	Accounts and Finance
Kentucky Association	Business
Kinetic Atom	Chemistry
Korean American	Chemistry
Acid Dissociation Constant	Chemistry
Kofi Annen	Community
Knowledge Area	Community
Kristin Armstrong	Community
Kahua Association	Community
Kids To Adults	Community
Keep All	Computer Assembly Language
Keyboard Assist	Computing
Knowledge Automation	Computing
Kurupted Angelz	Computing
Knowledge Acquisition	Computing
Keep Alive	Computing
Key Address	Computing
A Kurupted Angelz	Electronics
Kids to Adult	General
Kommunale Anwendungen	General
Knightly Argus	General
Karen Ann	General
The Kings Arms	General
Key Accountabilities	General
Kirren Almanac	General
Killer Anonymous	General
King Arthur	General
Kamikaza Attack	General
Killer Angels	General
Kivandorlot Aifolvon	General
Keaton Alan	General
Kookie Am	General
Kennel Area	General
Keyed Alike	General
Kosher Austria	General
Kappa Alpha	General
Known Associates	General
King Arms	General
Kouign Amann	General
Kool Aid	General
Cathay Dragon (Used to be called Dragonair)	General
Kunst Alboth	General
Knowledge Assessed	General
Katherine Alice	General
Kill All	General
Kilo Amps	General
K Above	General
Karnataka	Indian State
Keine Ahnung	International
Kalani Addy	Internet
Kidding Aside	Internet
Kick A**	Internet
Knight Alpha	Jobs
Kilo Anno	Measurement Unit
Ketoacidosis	Medical
Kust Artilleriet	Military and Defence
Kill Assessment	Military and Defence
Kurtz-above Band	Military and Defence
Knives of Alaska	Regional
Georgian	Regional
Kick Ass	Sports
Knife Arena	Sports