kilobit

English

Etymology

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

Noun

kilobit (plural kilobits)

1. (computing) 1000 bits (binary digits)
   • 1960, Sproul Robert W, Frequency diversity communications system‎^[1], US Patent US3214691 A:

     At a 100 kilobit per second information rate, both mark and space signals will generally be transmitted in any 0.0001 sec interval, and therefore this requirement is easily met with conventional resistors and capacitors.

2. (computing, rare) 1024 (2¹⁰) bits

Synonyms

• (abbreviation): kb (1000 or 1024 bits)
• (abbreviation): kib (1024 bits)
• (1024 bits): kibibit

Coordinate terms

• bit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, exabit, petabit

Related terms

• kilobyte

Translations

1000 bits

• Czech: kilobit m
• Hungarian: kilobit
• Polish: kilobit (pl) m
• Thai: กิโลบิต

See also

• kbps

Further reading

• kilobit at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Czech

Etymology

kilo- +‎ bit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪlobɪt]

Noun

kilobit m

1. kilobit

Further reading

• kilobit in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kilobit.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkiloˈbit͡ʃ(i)/, /ˌkiloˈbit(i)/

Noun

kilobit m (plural kilobits)

1. (computing) kilobit (one thousand bits)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: Kbit, Kb

Coordinate terms

• Multiples of the bit: kilobit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, petabit, exabit, zettabit, yottabit

Related terms

• kilobyte
• kibibit