kilobyte

[US]/'kiləbait/
[UK]/ˈkɪləˌbaɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 千字节,1024字节 Byte unit equal to 1024
bytes.

Real-world Examples

In binary, a kilobyte has two to the power of 10 bytes, or 1024.

在二进制中,一千字节有两个字节的 10 次方,即 1024。

Source: Technology Crash Course

But we only send 19 kilobytes.

但我们只发送 19 KB。

Source: DEFCON Collection

The Voyager's computer systems were only 69 kilobytes large, barely enough for one image, let alone 115.

航海者号的计算机系统只有 69 KB,仅够一张图像使用, 更不用说 115 张了。

Source: Space – Verge Science

Just like one kilogram is a thousand grams, 1 kilobyte is a thousand bytes… . or really 8000 bits.

就像一公斤是一千克,一千字节是一千字节… … 。或者真的是 8000 位。

Source: Crash Course Comprehensive Edition

1000 is also right when talking about kilobytes, but we should acknowledge it isn’t the only correct definition.

1000 在谈论千字节时也是正确的,但我们应该承认它不是唯一正确的定义。

Source: Technology Crash Course

Or 20 kilobytes minus one byte.

或者 20 KB 减去一个字节。

Source: DEFCON Collection

In total, there are 9 of these, so this memory board could hold a maximum of 9216 bits, which is around 9 kilobytes.

总共有 9 个,因此此内存板最多可容纳 9216 位, 即约 9 KB。

Source: Technology Crash Course

So we should be able to read out the first four kilobytes of the ROM.

所以我们应该能够读出 ROM 的前 4 KB。

Source: DEFCON Collection

There isn't a lot of space on a processor's chip, so most caches are just kilobytes or maybe megabytes in size, where RAM is usually gigabytes.

处理器芯片上没有太多空间,因此大多数缓存的大小只有千字节或兆字节,而 RAM 通常为千兆字节。

Source: Technology Crash Course

For example, Microsoft's Disk Operating System, or MS-DOS, was just 160 kilobytes, allowing it to fit, as the name suggests, onto a single disk.

例如,Microsoft 的磁盘操作系统,或 MS-DOS,只有 160 KB,顾名思义,它可以安装在单个磁盘上。

Source: Technology Crash Course

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