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語源

c. 1960, from kilo- (“thousand”) +‎ bit.

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名詞

kilobit (plural kilobits)

1. (computing) One thousand (10, or 1,000) bits.
   • 1960, Sproul Robert W, Frequency diversity communications system‎, US Patent US3214691 A:

     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.

2. (computing, rare) a kibibit
3. (computing, informal) one kilobit per second

   Synonym: kbps

同意語

• kbit

等位語

• Previous: bit
• Next: megabit

関連する語

• kibibyte
• kilobyte

Further reading

• “kilobit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.