c. 1960, fromkilo-(“thousand”) +bit.
kilobit (pluralkilobits)
- (computing) One thousand (103, or 1,000)bits.
1960, Sproul Robert W,Frequency diversity communications system[1], US PatentUS3214691 A:At a 100kilobit 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.
- (computing, rare) akibibit
- (computing, informal) one kilobit persecond
- Synonym:kbps
- “kilobit”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
Fromkilo- +bit.
kilobit m inan
- kilobit
Declension ofkilobit (hard masculine inanimate)
- “kilobit”, inKartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishkilobit.
kilobit m (pluralkilobits)
- (computing)kilobit(one thousand bits)
