There has been a lot of disagreement about exactly how many bytes are in a kilobyte.
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Kilobyte
Synonyms for "kilobyte" (6 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كِيلُوبَايْت noun (1024 bytes)
Catalan
1 entries- quilooctet noun (1024 bytes)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- KB noun (1024 bytes)
- 千字節 /千字节 noun (1024 bytes)
Czech
2 entries- kilobajt noun (1024 bytes)
- kilobyte noun (1024 bytes)
Esperanto
2 entries- kilobajto noun (1024 bytes)
- kilobitoko noun (1024 bytes)
Finnish
1 entries- kilotavu noun (1024 bytes)
French
1 entries- kilooctet noun (1024 bytes)
Georgian
1 entries- კილობაიტი noun (1024 bytes)
German
1 entries- Kilobyte noun (1024 bytes)
Greek
2 entries- κιλομπάιτ noun (1024 bytes)
- χιλιοδυφιοσυλλαβή noun (1024 bytes)
Hungarian
1 entries- kilobyte noun (1024 bytes)
Italian
1 entries- kilobyte noun (1024 bytes)
Japanese
1 entries- キロバイト noun (1024 bytes)
Korean
1 entries- 킬로바이트 noun (1024 bytes)
Macedonian
1 entries- килобајт noun (1024 bytes)
Malay
1 entries- kilobait noun (1024 bytes)
Navajo
1 entries- kiiłtsohʼííłké noun (1024 bytes)
Norman
1 entries- kilobouochie noun (1024 bytes)
Polish
1 entries- kilobajt noun (1024 bytes)
Portuguese
1 entries- kilobyte noun (1024 bytes)
Romanian
2 entries- kilobyte noun (1024 bytes)
- kilooctet noun (1024 bytes)
Russian
1 entries- килоба́йт noun (1024 bytes)
Spanish
1 entries- kilobyte noun (1024 bytes)
Swedish
1 entries- kilobyte noun (1024 bytes)
Thai
1 entries- กิโลไบต์ noun (1024 bytes)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кілоба́йт noun (1024 bytes)
Uyghur
1 entries- كىلوبايت noun (1024 bytes)
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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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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