Definition of "kilobyte" []

• A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 (210) bytes. (noun)
• One thousand bytes. (noun)

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• "However, use of Base 2 when using the word kilobyte, for example, is deprecated."
• "If you change a single kilobyte out of a 30GB file, rsync will swap just that single kilobyte."
• "The truth is that not a single kilobyte flowing through its modern fibers has yet reached our computers."