kilobit

(Comp Sci.)
Approximately one thousand bits, or exactly 1 bit x 210 (1,024) bits. 240 kilobits per second means 240,000 bits of information are being transmitted over a network per second (240 Kbps). Recall that 8 bits comprise a byte.

Bit = b
Byte = B
Examples:

kBps (Kilobytes Per Second)
kbps (Kilobits Per Second)

I downloaded at 50kbps.
Which is approximatly 50,000 Bits per second.

by VoiDeD May 1, 2005

kilobyte

(Comp Sci.)
A measure of computer memory or storage, a kilobyte (KB or Kbyte*) is approximately a thousand bytes (actually, 2 to the 10th power, or decimal 1,024 bytes).

I downloaded a 4kb large file.
So it is approximately 4096 bytes.

by VoiDeD May 1, 2005

kilobyte courage

The courage people have to write angry, hateful comments on Internet news stories.

Person 1: The comments on this story are so mean.
Person 2: Yep, kilobyte courage in action.

by Sisco Kid April 16, 2010