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'''SK''' was a unit of measurement of [[Computer/Legends|computer]] data.<ref name="corsecdb">{{SonyCite|url=players/guides.vm?id=80113|text=[[CorSec Database H-Z]]|archivedate=20060719111959}}</ref> A [[Swift 78B Vessel Courier System]], a skull implant that could be used to carry sensitive information, could hold 800 SKs of memory.<ref name="CRFG">''[[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (sourcebook)|Cracken's Rebel Field Guide]]''</ref>

During the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]],<ref name="swg">{{SWG|An Empire Divided}}</ref> the group of renegade [[Slicer/Legends|slicers]] known as the [[Skaak Tippers]] took the first part of their name from a combination of the SK unit of measure and the [[Akk dog/Legends|aak dog]],<ref name="corsecdb" /> an animal native to the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Haruun Kal/Legends|Haruun Kal]].<ref name="shatterpoint">[[Shatterpoint (novel)|''Shatterpoint'']]</ref> "[[Tipper]]," the founder of the group, believed the word made the Skaak Tippers sound like vicious computer hackers.<ref name="corsecdb" />

==Behind the scenes==
The SK unit of measure was first mentioned in the [[1991]] sourcebook [[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (sourcebook)|''Cracken's Rebel Field Guide'']], a supplement for ''[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game]]'' published by [[West End Games]].<ref name="CRFG" />

==Sources==
*[[Cracken's Rebel Field Guide (sourcebook)|''Cracken's Rebel Field Guide'']] {{1stm}}
*{{SonyCite|url=players/guides.vm?id=80113|text=[[CorSec Database H-Z]]|archivedate=20060719111959}}

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Data storage and processing]]
[[Category:Units of information measurement]]