Meanings
nounkilobit (plural kilobits)
plural kilobits
- computingOne thousand (10³, or 1,000) bits.
At a 100 kilobit per second information rate, both mark and space signals will generally be transmitted in any 0.0001 sec interval, and therefore this requirement is easily met with conventional resistors and capacitors.
1960, Sproul Robert W, Frequency diversity communications system, US Patent US3214691 A - rarecomputinga kibibit
Synonyms & antonyms
nounone kilobit per second
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Origin
c. 1960, from kilo- (“thousand”) + bit.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech kilobit
- kilobit1000 bits
Esperanto kilobito
- kilobito1000 bits
Finnish kilobitti
- kilobitti1000 bits
Hungarian kilobit
- kilobit1000 bits
Italian chilobit
- chilobit1000 bits
Japanese キロビット
- キロビット (kirobitto)1000 bits
Korean 킬로비트
- 킬로비트 (killobiteu)1000 bits
Polish kilobit
- kilobit1000 bits
Portuguese kilobit
- kilobit1000 bits
Russian килоби́т
- килоби́т (kilobít)1000 bits
Thai กิโลบิต
- กิโลบิต1000 bits
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kilobit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilobit
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“kilobit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilobit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kilobit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilobit.
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