Kilobyte vs. Byte

Kilobytenoun

A unit of storage capacity, equal to 1024 (210) bytes : a kibibyte. Frequently abbreviated KB.

Kilobytenoun

1000 (103) bytes. SI Symbol: kB

Kilobytenoun

a unit of information equal to one thousand (1024) bytes

Kilobyte

The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The International System of Units (SI) defines the prefix kilo as 1000 (103); per this definition, one kilobyte is 1000 bytes.

Bytenoun

(computing) A sequence of adjacent bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word; nearly always eight bits, which can represent an integer from 0 to 255 or a single character of text.

Bytenoun

(computing) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits

Bytenoun

a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information

Byte

The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures.