ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Kilobit

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Kilobit is a noun meaning (computing) One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bits.

Meaning

(computing) One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bits.

More Meanings

  1. (computing, rare) a kibibit
  2. (computing, informal) one kilobit per second

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

Synonyms for kilobit

Depending on context, synonyms include kbit, kbps.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kilobytes, terabit, petabit, terabyte, exabit, tbyte.

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