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kilobyte

Computing 1024 bytes
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kilobyte

[′kil·ə‚bīt]
(computer science)
A unit of information content equal to 1024 bytes. Abbreviated kbyte; Kbyte. Symbolized K.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

kilobyte

(unit)
(KB) 2^10 = 1024 bytes.

See prefix.
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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.
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