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kilobyte

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kilobyte.

Editorial note

He was quoted a rate (0.002c per kilobyte data) and have already been charged $0.002 (per kilobyte data) instead.

Examples14
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(computing, especially networking) One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bytes.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of kilobyte gathered in one view.

noun

(computing, especially networking) One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bytes.

noun

(computing, informal, especially RAM) A kibibyte.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kilobyte.

noun

(computing, especially networking) One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bytes.

noun

(computing, informal, especially RAM) A kibibyte.

Example sentences

1

He was quoted a rate (0.002c per kilobyte data) and have already been charged $0.002 (per kilobyte data) instead.

2

A lot of smartphones didn't have WiFi, and the carriers would nickel and dime you for every kilobyte.

3

So you'd have to return the client gigabytes(?) of data even though the answer probably fit in a kilobyte.

4

Grandma's keys can be printed out on a small detachable USB or SD/MicroSD device with a kilobyte of space.

5

A small one kilobyte of escrow is a lot more nefarious and harder to detect.

6

Demoscene programmers love generative systems, especially when targetting the 4 kilobyte executable category.

7

Alright so 1 kilobyte of data per day for everyone in the world.

8

In short, 1 kilobyte of data per person is so little that whether it's centralized or decentralized it doesn't really matter that much.

9

For secret questions, I always use output from /dev/random (at least 1 kilobyte) and base64-encode it, then throw it away.

10

Atom properly should be optimized for kilobyte sized files, not megabyte.

11

Anything much over a kilobyte has zero benefit and has potential to cause issues or slowdowns when shoved through a path that expects a short string.

12

In those days a kilobyte of RAM still cost a hundred dollars, so the computer lab rationed the number of memory chips each team could use.

Quote examples

1

It seems that the contract he had received had said that he would be charged for data service at the rate of ".02¢/kilobyte".

2

Deterministic lockstep is primarily used in RTS games, where the only data that is transmitted per tick are tiny commands like "player 1 is constructing a war factory at this location" or "player 1 told unit 6 to move to this tile." If we're ridiculously generous and say that a kilobyte of commands are sent per tick, then 120x bandwidth would be 120 kb/tick.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use kilobyte in a sentence?

He was quoted a rate (0.002c per kilobyte data) and have already been charged $0.002 (per kilobyte data) instead.

What does kilobyte mean?

(computing, especially networking) One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bytes.

What part of speech is kilobyte?

kilobyte is commonly used as noun.