kilobit
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kilobit
Where it comes from
c. 1960, from kilo- (“thousand”) + bit.
noun kilobits
- One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bits. At a 100 kilobit per second information rate, both mark and space signals will generally be transmitted in any 0.0001 sec interval, and therefore this requirement is easily met with conventional resistors and capacitors.
- a kibibit
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one kilobit per second
Similar: kbps
Similar: kbit
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noun
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Translations
Talk about this word "kilobit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kilobit. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. kilobit. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kilobit "kilobit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kilobit.Cite this
@misc{kilobit_2026,
title = {kilobit},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kilobit},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
