kilobyte
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kilobyte
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Coined in the 1960s, from kilo- (“thousand”) + byte.
noun kilobytes
- One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bytes. The data word processor 606 handles the in-flow and out-flow of byte-oriented input/output data and interleaved signals at a rate of, for example, 500 kilobytes per second. Instruction processing rates of four to eight per microsecond are required for such a data flow.
- A kibibyte. It is assumed herein that each block includes 32 bytes, each sector includes 1 kilobyte, the buffer memory 116 includes 4 kilobytes, and read data is represented by one double word or 64 bits, as one word in this case consists of 32 bits.
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noun 1024 bytes
| Español | kilobyte |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 킬로바이트 killobaiteu |
| 日本語 | キロバイト kirobaito |
| 中文 | 千字節 /千字节 qiānzìjié, KB |
| Português | kilobyte |
| Français | kilooctet |
| Deutsch | Kilobyte |
| Italiano | kilobyte |
| Ελληνικά | κιλομπάιτ kilompáit, χιλιοδυφιοσυλλαβή chiliodyfiosyllaví |
| Română | kilobyte, kilooctet |
| Русский | килоба́йт kilobájt |
| العربية | كِيلُوبَايْت kilubayt |
Talk about this word "kilobyte." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kilobyte. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. kilobyte. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kilobyte "kilobyte." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kilobyte.Cite this
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title = {kilobyte},
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