German

Noun

Kilobyte n ‎(genitive Kilobytes, plural Kilobytes)

1. kilobyte (1024 bytes)

Declension

English

Noun

kilobyte ‎(plural kilobytes)

1. (computing, chiefly RAM) A unit of storage capacity, equal to 1024 (2¹⁰) bytes : a kibibyte. Frequently abbreviated KB.
   • 1969, Hisashi Horikoshi, MEMORY CONTROL SYSTEM, US Patent 3618041:

     It is assumed herein that each block includes 32 bytes, each sector includes 1 kilobyte, the buffer memory 116 includes 4 kilobytes, and read data is represented by one double word or 64 bits, as one word in this case consists of 32 bits.

2. (computing, chiefly networking) 1000 (10³) bytes. SI Symbol: kB
   • 1969, Harold R. Dell, HIGH-DENSITY PERMANENT DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, US Patent 3638185:

     The data word processor 606 handles the in-flow and out-flow of byte-oriented input/output data and interleaved signals at a rate of, for example, 500 kilobytes per second. Instruction processing rates of four to eight per microsecond are required for such a data flow.

Synonyms

• kB, KB, ㎅

Translations

Related terms

• Previous: byte
• Next: megabyte
• kibibyte
• kilobit

References

• The IEC explanation of its definitions

Italian

Etymology

kilo- +‎ byte

Noun

kilobyte m ‎(invariable)

1. (computing) kilobyte

Portuguese

Noun

kilobyte m (plural kilobytes)

1. (computing) kilobyte (1024 bytes)