Meaning of K in Algebraic K theory

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I am reading algebraic K-theory but I have doubt not in the subject but in the name. I want to ask what K stands in the word Algebraic K-theory as well as in Topological K-theory.

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According to this page from the University of Oxford, the K stands for Klasse.