kilobyte

kil·o·byte  (kl-bt)

n. Abbr. K or KB

1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 (2¹⁰) bytes.

2. One thousand bytes.

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kilobyte [ˈkɪləˌbaɪt]

n

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing 1024 bytes Abbreviations KB kbyte See also kilo- [2]

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kilobyte  (kl-bt)

1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 (that is, 2¹⁰) bytes.

2. One thousand bytes. See Note at megabyte.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kilobyte - a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes kB, 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
	2.	kilobyte - a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes KiB, kibibyte, kB, 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

kilobyte [ˈkɪləʊˌbaɪt] N → kilobyte m, kiloocteto m

kilobyte [ˈkɪləbaɪt] n → kilo-octet m

kilobyte

n → Kilobyte nt

kilobyte [ˈkɪləʊbaɪt] n → kilobyte m inv

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kilobyte [ˈkɪləʊbaɪt] n → kilobyte m inv