kb n 1: a unit of information equal to 1000 bits [syn: {kilobit}, {kbit}, {kb}] 2: a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes [syn: {kilobyte}, {K}, {KB}, {kB}] 3: a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes [syn: {kilobyte}, {kibibyte}, {K}, {KB}, {kB}, {KiB}]
kilobyte KB <unit> (KB) 2^10 = 1024 {bytes}. See {prefix}. (1995-09-29)