kilobit
Noun
Meaning
a unit of information equal to 1000 bits
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IBM sold the first IBM PCs in configurations with 16 or 64 kB of RAM preinstalled using either nine or thirty-six 16- kilobit DRAM chips.
It was otherwise identical to the 1984 design, except for the two 64 kilobit × 4 bit DRAM chips that replaced the original eight 64 kilobit × 1 bit ICs.
The kilobit has the unit symbol kbit or kb.
The prefixes kilo (10 3 ) through yotta (10 24 ) increment by multiples of 1000, and the corresponding units are the kilobit (kbit) through the yottabit (Ybit).