| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | Group Key Distribution Service | Gruppenschlüsselverteilungsdienst (An Active Directory Domain Services service that provides cryptographic keys that correspond to arbitrary sets of security principals in AD DS to users who are authorized to access those keys) |
| gen. | hierarchic key distribution | hierarchische Schlüsselverteilung |
| gen. | hierarchic key distribution | Schlüsselhierarchie |
| IT | key distribution | Schlüsselverteilung |
| fin., IT | key distribution center | Stelle für Schlüsselausgabe |
| comp., MS | Key Distribution Center | Schlüsselverteilungscenter (A network service that supplies session tickets and temporary session keys to users and computers within an Active Directory domain. The KDC runs on each domain controller as part of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)) |
| comp., MS | Key Distribution Center proxy service | Proxydienst des Schlüsselverteilungscenters (A service that runs on corporate network edge servers to proxy Kerberos protocol messages to domain controllers which are situated on the corporate network. This permits Kerberos authentication to edge services such as Remote Desktop Services Gateway or DirectAccess Server) |
| fin., IT | key distribution centre | Stelle für Schlüsselausgabe |
| comp., MS | Microsoft Group Key Distribution Service | Microsoft-Gruppenschlüsselverteilungsdienst (An Active Directory Domain Services service that provides cryptographic keys that correspond to arbitrary sets of security principals in AD DS to users who are authorized to access those keys) |
| IT | quantum key distribution | Quantenschlüsselverteilung |