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Kb
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Kb
abbr.
kilobit
KB
abbr.
1. kilobyte
2. King's Bench
3. king's bishop (chess)
kb
abbr.
kilobar
kb
abbreviation for
(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) kilobar
KB
abbreviation for
1. (Law) (in Britain) King's Bench
2. (in Britain) Knight Bachelor
3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing kilobyte
4. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess
symbol for king's bishop
Kb
Abbreviation of kilobit
KB
Abbreviation of kilobyte
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Noun1.kb - a unit of information equal to 1000 bits
kbit, kilobit
computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory
Mb, Mbit, megabit - a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits
2.kB - a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
kilobyte, K
computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory
megabyte, MB, M - a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
3.kB - a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
KiB, kibibyte, kilobyte, K
computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory
word - a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory; "large computers use words up to 64 bits long"
mebibyte, MiB, megabyte, MB, M - a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
Translations
KB ABBR =kilobyte → K m


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