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kilobyte
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
kilobyte
(noun)
kilobyte
/
ˈ
kɪləˌbaɪt/
noun
plural
kilobytes
kilobyte
/
ˈ
kɪləˌbaɪt/
noun
plural
kilobytes
Britannica Dictionary definition of KILOBYTE
[
count
]
:
a unit of computer information equal to 1,024 bytes
—
abbreviation
KB
—
compare
gigabyte
,
megabyte
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