kilobyte

kilobyte
(kB)
   a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes. As a unit of computer storage, however, the kilobyte is usually equal to 1024 bytes, although this should now be called a kibibyte.

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  • Kilobyte — Kilobyte …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • kilobyte — kil‧o‧byte [ˈkɪləbaɪt] written abbreviation kb noun [countable] COMPUTING a unit of 1,024 byte S, used for measuring the amount of information a computer can hold * * * kilobyte UK US /ˈkɪləʊbaɪt/ noun [C] ( …   Financial and business terms

  • kilobyte — См. Kb. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • kilobyte — 1970, from KILO (Cf. kilo ) + BYTE (Cf. byte) …   Etymology dictionary

  • kilobyte — m DEFINICIJA v. kilobajt …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • kilobyte — ► NOUN Computing ▪ a unit of memory or data equal to 1,024 bytes …   English terms dictionary

  • kilobyte — [kil′ōbīt΄, kil′əbīt΄] n. 1. a unit of storage capacity in a computer system, equal to 1,024 (210) bytes 2. loosely one thousand bytes: Abbrev. KB …   English World dictionary

  • Kilobyte — Unidades básicas de información (en bytes) Prefijos del Sistema Internacional Prefijo binario Múltiplo (Símbolo) Estándar SI Binario Múltiplo (Símbolo) Valor kilobyte (kB) 103 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Kilobyte — A kilobyte (derived from the SI prefix kilo , meaning 1,000) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to either 1,024 bytes (210) or 1,000 bytes (103), depending on context.It is abbreviated in a number of ways: kB, KB, K and… …   Wikipedia

  • KiloByte — Einheit Norm IEC 60027 2 Einheitenname Byte, Oktett Einheitenzeichen B Beschriebene Größe(n) Daten In SI Einheiten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kilobyte — Einheit Norm IEC 60027 2 Einheitenname Byte, Oktett Einheitenzeichen B Beschriebene Größe(n) Daten In SI Einheiten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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