noun
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A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 (that is, 2 10) bytes.
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One thousand bytes.
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See Note at megabyte
Etymology
Origin of kilobyte
Vocabulary lists containing kilobyte
Example Sentences
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From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
She returned, kilobyte by kilobyte, her dreamscape refilling as she stabilized.
From Nature • Jul. 21, 2020
What I have feels like a piercing that can incidentally hold a kilobyte of data, and someone online very aptly compared it to the RFIDs you use to tag your pets.
From The Verge • Jul. 31, 2014
When he was 13, his father bought him his first computer, a Sinclair ZX81, which had no monitor and 1 kilobyte of memory.
From New York Times • May 5, 2013
Via high-speed data lines—a blazing 1 kilobyte per second—Goddard sent Mission Control real-time information on the spaceship’s current position.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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