KILOBYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kilobyte mean? 

• KILOBYTE (noun)
  The noun KILOBYTE has 2 senses:

1. a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes

2. a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes

  Familiarity information: KILOBYTE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KILOBYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

K; kB; kilobyte

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

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

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

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

Sense 2

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 ("kilobyte" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "kilobyte"):

word (a string of bits stored in computer memory)

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

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