HyperDic: kb

English > 3 senses of the word kb / KB / kB:
NOUNquantitykb, kilobit, kbita unit of information equal to 1000 bits
quantityKB / kB, kilobyte, Ka unit of information equal to 1000 bytes
quantityKB / kB, kilobyte, kibibyte, K, KiBa unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
English > kb: 3 senses > noun 1, quantity
MeaningA unit of information equal to 1000 bits.
Synonymskilobit, kbit
Part ofmegabit, Mbit, MbA unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits
Broadercomputer memory unitA unit for measuring computer memory
Spanishkbit, kilobit
Catalankbit, kilobit
English > KB / kB: 3 senses > noun 2, quantity
MeaningA unit of information equal to 1000 bytes.
Synonymskilobyte, K
Part ofmegabyte, M, MBA unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
Broadercomputer memory unitA unit for measuring computer memory
Catalankilobyte
English > KB / kB: 3 senses > noun 3, quantity
MeaningA unit of information equal to 1024 bytes.
Synonymskilobyte, kibibyte, K, KiB
Part ofmegabyte, mebibyte, M, MB, MiBA unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
PartswordA word is a string of bits stored in computer memory
Broadercomputer memory unitA unit for measuring computer memory
Spanishkibibyte, KiB, kilobyte
Catalankibibyte, KiB, kilobyte

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