kilobit

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

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kilobit (plural kilobits)

1. (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.

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

   Synonym: kbps

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• kilobyte

• “kilobit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

From kilo- +‎ bit.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪlobɪt]

kilobit m inan

1. kilobit

• “kilobit”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Unadapted borrowing from English kilobit.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkiloˈbit͡ʃ(i)/, /ˌkiloˈbit(i)/

kilobit m (plural kilobits)

1. (computing) kilobit (one thousand bits)

• Abbreviations: Kbit, Kb

• Multiples of the bit: kilobit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, petabit, exabit, zettabit, yottabit

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• kibibit