Kilobyte

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a unit of information equal to one thousand (1024) bytes

Word Origin

kilobyte (n.)
1970, from kilo- + byte.

Example

1. Before voyager 2 flew by uranus , simple image-compression software was transmitted to the back-up , allowing a 640 kilobyte picture to be squeezed without loss to as little as 256 kilobytes .

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