Kilobit

A kilobit is 1000 (kilo-), as in SI, bits.^[1] A bit is either 0 (off) or 1 (on). The kilobit is usually written as kbit or kb.^[1]^[2] Kibibit is similar, except it has 1024 (power of two) bits instead of 1000. They are sometimes confused.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Definitions of the SI units: The binary prefixesPhysics.nist.gov. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
↑ Units: K (2002-10-01)Unc.edu. Retrieved 2011-11-29.

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[nist-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Definitions of the SI units: The binary prefixesPhysics.nist.gov. Retrieved 2011-11-29.

[2] Units: K (2002-10-01)Unc.edu. Retrieved 2011-11-29.

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