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Kilobyte |
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Definition........................ |
A measure of file size and storage capacity referring to 1,000 or 1,024, 8-bit data units or characters. |
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Most software and systems consider a kilobyte to be 1,024 (the binary quantity of 2 to the 10th power) bytes. However, some key standards groups state that 1,000 (10 to the 3rd power) bytes comprise a kilobyte. And many data storage manufacturers use this measurement to define their device sizes, meaning a computer May show less storage capacity on a drive than the drive's specified size suggests. |
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"Every kilobyte of file size counts when you're transmitting files with a low-bandwidth connection." |
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KB, K |
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Kilobytes |
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Note: Synonyms, antonyms & related terms coming soon
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