450K

450K is a numeric shorthand used to denote 450,000. The K stands for kilo, a prefix meaning one thousand. Capitalization varies in informal writing (450K, 450k) and in some contexts the letter K can also denote Kelvin, a unit of temperature, which can cause ambiguity without explicit units. In most cases, the intended meaning is clear from context or accompanying symbols such as currency signs, units, or decimal notation.

In finance and business writing, 450K commonly represents monetary amounts, such as a yearly salary of 450K dollars, a valuation of 450K, or other figures stated in thousands of dollars. It is also used in payroll, budgeting, and reporting to compress large numbers.

In demographics and data management, 450K may indicate counts or sizes, for example a population of 450K people or a dataset containing 450K records. When used to describe storage or data transfer, 450K is sometimes shorthand for 450,000 bytes, though storage is more typically expressed as kilobytes (KB) with a binary (KiB) or decimal convention.

Temperature contexts use 450 K to denote 450 kelvin, which equals about 176.85 degrees Celsius. Because the same letters can have different meanings, readers should rely on units and domain to interpret 450K correctly.