Kilobyte

Origin

Coined in the 1960s, from -("thousand") + byte.

Full definition of kilobyte

Noun

1. (computing, especially RAM) A unit of storage capacity, equal to 1024 (2¹⁰) bytes : a kibibyte. Frequently abbreviated KB.
2. (computing, especially networking) 1000 (10³) bytes. SI Symbol: kB

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