kilobit

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• kbit

Coordinate terms

• Previous: bit
• Next: megabit

Related terms

• kibibyte
• kilobyte

Translations

1000 bits

• Czech: kilobit m
• Hungarian: kilobit
• Polish: kilobit (pl) m
• Thai: กิโลบิต

Further reading

• “kilobit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Czech

Etymology

From kilo- ‎ bit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪlobɪt]

Noun

kilobit m inan

1. kilobit

Declension

Declension of kilobit (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kilobit	kilobity
genitive	kilobitu	kilobitů
dative	kilobitu	kilobitům
accusative	kilobit	kilobity
vocative	kilobite	kilobity
locative	kilobitu	kilobitech
instrumental	kilobitem	kilobity

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kilobit.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kilobit m (plural kilobits)

1. (computing) kilobit (one thousand bits)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: Kbit, Kb

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

• kilobyte
• kibibit