English Explanatory Dictionary

kilobit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bits.
  2. a kibibit
  3. one kilobit per second

Pronunciation

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Word forms

kilobit kilobits

Etymology

c. 1960, from kilo- (“thousand”) + bit.

Synonyms

kbit kbps

Related words

kibibyte kilobyte
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