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kilobit

kilobit noun: one thousand (10³, or 1,000) bits.

Noun

kilobit (plural kilobits)

  1. One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bits.
    • 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.1960, Sproul Robert W, Frequency diversity communications system, US Patent US3214691 A
  2. (rare) a kibibit
  3. (informal) one kilobit per second
    Synonyms:
    kbps

kilobit meaning in Thai

kilobit in Thai

1000 bits
กิโลบิต

Synonyms of kilobit

Forms of kilobit

pluralkilobits

Origin of kilobit

c. 1960, from kilo- (“thousand”) + bit.

Questions about kilobit

What does kilobit mean?
Kilobit means one thousand (10³, or 1,000) bits.
What is kilobit in Thai?
Kilobit in Thai is กิโลบิต. See Kilobit meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is kilobit?
Kilobit is a noun.
What is the plural of kilobit?
The plural of kilobit is kilobits.

Words near kilobit in the dictionary

  1. kilobauds
  2. kilobecquerel
  3. kilobecquerels
  4. kilobequerel
  5. kilobinary
  6. kilobit
  7. kilobits
  8. kilobuck
  9. kilobucks
  10. kilobyte
  11. kilobytes

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