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Kb

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Definition

KB is an abbreviation for Kilobyte, which is a unit of measurement used to describe the amount of digital information in computing.

Synonyms & similar words

k kilobit kilobyte kb kibibyte kbit kib Kilobyte KB K

Common collocations

  • kilobyte
  • KB storage
  • KB of RAM
  • KB per second
  • KB file size
  • KB data transfer
  • KB bandwidth
  • KB memory

Word family

noun kilobyte

Usage note

KB is an abbreviation for kilobyte, a unit of digital information. It is commonly used in computing contexts.

Example sentences

  1. This file is only 3 KB in size.
  2. I need to transfer a file that is 20 KB.
  3. My hard drive has a capacity of 500 GB, which is equivalent to 500,000 KB.
  4. I have a lot of photos on my phone, which take up about 1,000 KB of storage space.
  5. The software update is only 50 KB, so it should download quickly.

Quotes

  • In the computer world, a kilobyte is 1024 bytes, not 1000.
  • A single kilobyte could store a whole paragraph of text.
  • A kilobyte of memory used to cost thousands of dollars.

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