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kbit

kbit

1 5.4
A unit of digital information equal to one thousand bits
  • noun
  • /ˈkeɪˌbɪt/
  • Specialized
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  • In half-rate operation, modes in the active codec set are selected from the five lower-bitrate modes (4.75-7.40 kbit/s), and in full-rate operation from all eight modes.

Examples

  • In other words, if I absolutely had to, I'd be happy to pay the same monthly fee as I do now for 20 Mbit but get only 100 kbit.

    Blog text (25)

  • The Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test 2 (KBIT; Kaufman & Kaufman, 2004) was used to determine an informal IQ score.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Mono/16kHz/12Kbits is already good enough if you remove the static noise beforehand.

    Blog text (30)

  • Impinj's Monza-X offers 2.1 to 8.2 kBit of EEPROM memory.

    Blog text (25)

  • NXP's UCODE I2C offers 3.3 kBit of EEPROM memory.

    Blog text (25)

  • The reverberation-degraded recordings were then encoded and decoded at 256 kbit/s using a software implementation of the MPEG-1 layer 2 standard.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The KBIT is individually administered and measures both verbal and nonverbal intelligence, which includes three subtests: Verbal Knowledge (Riddles) and Nonverbal (Matrices).

    Academic text (2014)

  • The addition of HE-AAC/AAC+ aka SBR is also a great thing; to me, 56 kbits HE-AAC sounds normally better than 128 kbits mp3.

    Blog text (30)

  • The addition of HE-AAC/AAC+ aka SBR is also a great thing; to me, 56 kbits HE-AAC sounds normally better than 128 kbits mp3.

    Blog text (30)

  • A standard internet connection now offers speeds of 100 kbit per second, which allows for basic browsing.

Synonyms

kb
vskbit
  • Specialized
2 3.4

A unit of digital data equal to 1,000 bits

is used more widely in computing and telecommunications beyond just data size
kilobit
vskbit
  • Specialized
1 4.8

One thousand bits used to measure digital data or internet speed

is used more broadly in computing and telecommunications rather than only for rates

How Much Data

Gbit
  • Specialized
1 3.8
Mbit
  • Specialized
1 4.5
kbit
  • Specialized
1 5.4
byte
  • Specialized
23 3.6
bit
  • Specialized
106 4.4

Surface Forms

kbit singular
kbits plural

Morphology

kbit = bit (transparent) = k + bit + k

Formed by the productive SI prefix 'k' (kilo-, thousand) attached to the familiar computing unit 'bit', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word kbit combines k-, short for 'kilo' meaning 'thousand', and bit, a 'small piece of information'. So a kbit is a thousand bits, which is why you see it used to talk about file sizes and internet speed.