kilobit
English
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Etymology
editc. 1960, from kilo- (“thousand”) + bit.
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editkilobit (plural kilobits)
- (computing) One thousand (103, or 1,000) bits.
- 1960, Sproul Robert W, Frequency diversity communications system[1], US Patent US3214691 A:
- 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.
- (computing, rare) a kibibit
- (computing, informal) one kilobit per second
- Synonym: kbps
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edit- “kilobit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Czech
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editkilobit m inan
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edit- “kilobit”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
Portuguese
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editUnadapted borrowing from English kilobit.
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editkilobit m (plural kilobits)
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