kilobit
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English
Etymology
c. 1960, from kilo- (“thousand”) + bit.
Noun
kilobit (plural kilobits)
- (computing) One thousand (103, or 1,000) bits.
- 1960, Sproul Robert W, Frequency diversity communications system, 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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Further reading
- “kilobit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kilobit m inan
Declension
Further reading
- kilobit in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English kilobit.
Pronunciation
Noun
kilobit m (plural kilobits)