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kilobyte
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kilobyte

(thousand bytes). For technical specifications, it refers to 1,024 bytes. In general usage, it typically refers to an even one thousand bytes (see kilo). Also KB, Kbyte and K-byte. See space/time.

kilobyte
Computing 1024 bytes
kilobyte [′kil·ə‚bīt]
(computer science)
A unit of information content equal to 1024 bytes. Abbreviated kbyte; Kbyte. Symbolized K.
(unit)kilobyte - (KB) 2^10 = 1024 bytes.

See prefix.


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