kilobyte

• Unité d'information numérique, généralement utilisée pour mesurer la taille des données ou la capacité de mémoire, avec deux définitions standards : 1000 octets ou 1024 octets.

A unit of digital information, commonly used to measure data size or storage capacity, with two standard definitions: 1000 bytes or 1024 bytes.

1. Decimal kilobyteB1formalIT

   A unit of digital information equal to 1000 bytes, commonly used for data storage and file sizes.

   Kilooctet décimal

   • The text file is only 5 kilobytes in size.
   • A kilobyte is often used to measure small amounts of data.
   • Most email attachments are limited to a few kilobytes.

2. Binary kilobyteB1formalIT

   A unit of digital information equal to 1024 bytes, often used in computing contexts.

   Kilooctet binaire

   • In computer memory, a kilobyte is 1024 bytes.
   • The program's memory usage was measured in kilobytes.
   • Older systems often defined a kilobyte as 1024 bytes.

   Synonymeskibibyte