Kilobit

Origin

c. 1960, from -("thousand") + bit.

Full definition of kilobit

Noun

1. (computing) 1000 bits
2. (rarely) 1024 (2¹⁰) bits

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) kb 1000 or 1024 bits
• (abbreviation) kib 1024 bits
• (1024 bits) kibibit

Coordinate terms

• bit , megabit , gigabit , terabit , exabit , petabit

Related terms

• kilobyte