KILOBIT

kilobit, kbit, kb

(noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bits

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

kilobit (plural kilobits)

(computing) 1000 bits (binary digits)

(computing, rare) 1024 (210) bits

Synonyms

• (abbreviation): kb (1000 or 1024 bits)

• (abbreviation): kib (1024 bits)

• (1024 bits): kibibit

Coordinate terms

• bit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, exabit, petabit

Source: Wiktionary



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