KB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kB mean? 

• KB (noun)
  The noun KB has 3 senses:

1. a unit of information equal to 1000 bits

2. a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes

3. a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes

  Familiarity information: KB used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 bits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

kb; kbit; kilobit

Hypernyms ("kb" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Holonyms ("kb" is a part of...):

Mb; Mbit; megabit (a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

K; kB; kilobyte

Hypernyms ("kB" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Holonyms ("kB" is a part of...):

M; MB; megabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1024 bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

K; kB; KiB; kibibyte; kilobyte

Hypernyms ("kB" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "kB"):

word (a string of bits stored in computer memory)

Holonyms ("kB" is a part of...):

M; MB; mebibyte; megabyte; MiB (a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes)

 Context examples 

Human MFNG wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 22q12 and is approximately 17 kb in length.

(MFNG wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MFHAS1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 8p23.1 and is approximately 107 kb in length.

(MFHAS1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MGAT4C wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 12q21 and is approximately 860 kb in length.

(MGAT4C wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MGMT wild-type allele is located within 10q26 and is approximately 300 kb in length.

(MGMT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MGP wild-type allele is located within 12p13.1-p12.3 and is approximately 5 kb in length.

(MGP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MFGE8 wild-type allele is located within 15q25 and is approximately 15 kb in length.

(MFGE8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (~8.7 kb) is encoded by the human MALAT1 gene.

(Metastasis-Associated Lung Adenocarcinoma Transcript 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MEN wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 11q13 and is approximately 8 kb in length.

(MEN1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MERTK wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 2q14.1 and is approximately 131 kb in length.

(MERTK wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human MESDC2 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 15q13 and is approximately 38 kb in length.

(MESDC2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)