kilobyte
SayKIL-uh-byt/ˈkɪləˌbaɪt/UK/ˈkɪləbaɪt/
Pluralkilobytes
- 1A unit of computer data equal to one thousand bytes.
Like a small box that holds about a thousand tiny pieces of information.
A short text file might take up only one kilobyte of space.
Old computers could store just a few kilobytes of data.
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- 2A unit of computer data equal to 1,024 bytes, often used when talking about memory.
Like a box you call "a thousand" that really holds 1,024 pieces inside.
Each memory page on the old chip took up exactly one kilobyte.
The tiny machine held only sixty-four kilobytes of memory.
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Origin
A modern word made from "kilo-" (meaning "thousand") plus "byte."