Definition: Kilobyte (KB)


1024 bytes, although it often considered to be a unit of 1000 bytes. In the case of computer memory, which is partitioned into sizes that are a power of two, a kilobyte is equal to 2 10 or 1024 bytes.




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Retrieval of data from or transfer of data into a storage device or area such as RAM or a register.

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