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kilobyte

[ kil-uh-bahyt ]

noun

Computers.
  1. 1024 (2 10 ) bytes.
  2. (loosely) 1000 bytes. : K, KB


kilobyte

/ ˈ°ìɪ±ôəˌ²ú²¹Éª³Ù /

noun

  1. computing 1024 bytes AbbreviationKBkbyte See also kilo-
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

kilobyte

/ °ìÄ­±ô′ə-²úÄ«³Ù′ /

  1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 (that is, 2 10) bytes.
  2. One thousand bytes.
  3. See Note at megabyte
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of kilobyte1

First recorded in 1965–70; kilo- + byte
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So NASA's engineers equipped the vehicles' computers with 69 kilobytes of memory, less than a hundred thousandth the capacity of a typical smartphone.

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You wouldn’t be able to run anything with just 256 kilobytes of memory with modern machines, but those basic specifications were just the beginning.

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She returned, kilobyte by kilobyte, her dreamscape refilling as she stabilized.

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When he opened TikTok, he found approximately 210 network requests in the first nine seconds, totaling over 500 kilobytes of data sent from the app to the Internet.

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That old computer may have stored only 100 kilobytes of data, but it may fetch an astonishing price.

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