kilobyte

== English == === Etymology === Coined in the 1960s, from kilo- (“thousand”) +‎ byte. === Pronunciation === === Noun === kilobyte (plural kilobytes) (computing, especially networking) One thousand (103, or 1,000) bytes. (computing, informal, especially RAM) A kibibyte. ==== Synonyms ==== kB, KB, ㎅ ==== Coordinate terms ==== Previous: byte Next: megabyte ==== Related terms ==== kibibit kilobit ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Alternative forms === kilobajt === Etymology === From kilo- + byte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkɪlobajt] === Noun === kilobyte m inan kilobyte ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “kilobyte”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “byte”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995 == Italian == === Etymology === From kilo- +‎ byte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ki.loˈbajt/ === Noun === kilobyte m (invariable) (computing) kilobyte == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English kilobyte, equivalent to kilo- +‎ byte. === Noun === kilobyte m (plural kilobytes) (computing) kilobyte (one thousand bytes) ==== Synonyms ==== Abbreviations: KB, kB ==== Coordinate terms ==== Multiples of the byte: kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte ==== Related terms ==== kilobit kebibyte == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English kilobyte, equivalent to kilo- +‎ byte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kiloˈbait/ [ki.loˈβ̞ai̯t̪] Rhymes: -ait Syllabification: ki‧lo‧byte === Noun === kilobyte m (plural kilobytes) (computing) kilobyte ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “kilobyte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025