"kilobyte" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Czech]

IPA: [ˈkɪlobajt]
Etymology: From kilo- + byte. Etymology templates: {{af|cs|kilo-|byte}} kilo- + byte Head templates: {{cs-noun|m-in}} kilobyte m inan Inflection templates: {{cs-ndecl|m.foreign}} Forms: inanimate [table-tags], kilobyte [nominative, singular], kilobyty [nominative, plural], kilobytu [genitive, singular], kilobytů [genitive, plural], kilobytu [dative, singular], kilobytům [dative, plural], kilobyte [accusative, singular], kilobyty [accusative, plural], kilobyte [singular, vocative], kilobyty [plural, vocative], kilobytu [locative, singular], kilobytech [locative, plural], kilobytem [instrumental, singular], kilobyty [instrumental, plural]
  1. kilobyte Tags: inanimate, masculine Synonyms: kilobajt

Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-kilobyte.oga [US] Forms: kilobytes [plural]
Etymology: Coined in the 1960s, from kilo- (“thousand”) + byte. Etymology templates: {{af|en|kilo-|byte|t1=thousand}} kilo- (“thousand”) + byte Head templates: {{en-noun}} kilobyte (plural kilobytes)
  1. (computing, especially networking) One thousand (10³, or 1,000) bytes. Tags: especially Categories (topical): Computing, Networking Translations (1024 bytes): كِيلُوبَايْت (kilubayt) [masculine] (Arabic), quilooctet [masculine] (Catalan), 千字節 [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), 千字节 (qiānzìjié) (Chinese Mandarin), KB (note: pronounced like English) [abbreviation, common] (Chinese Mandarin), kilobyte [masculine] (Czech), kilobajt [masculine] (Czech), kilobajto (Esperanto), kilobitoko (Esperanto), kilotavu (Finnish), kilooctet [masculine] (French), კილობაიტი (ḳilobaiṭi) (Georgian), Kilobyte [neuter] (German), κιλομπάιτ (kilompáit) [neuter] (Greek), χιλιοδυφιοσυλλαβή (chiliodyfiosyllaví) [neuter] (Greek), kilobyte (Hungarian), kilobyte [masculine] (Italian), キロバイト (kirobaito) (Japanese), 킬로바이트 (killobaiteu) (Korean), килобајт (kilobajt) [masculine] (Macedonian), kilobait (Malay), kiiłtsohʼííłké (Navajo), kilobouochie [feminine] (Norman), kilobajt [masculine] (Polish), kilobyte [masculine] (Portuguese), kilobyte [masculine] (Romanian), kilooctet [masculine] (Romanian), килоба́йт (kilobájt) [masculine] (Russian), kilobyte [masculine] (Spanish), kilobyte (Swedish), กิโลไบต์ (gì-loo-bái) (Thai), кілоба́йт (kilobájt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), كىلوبايت (kilobayt) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-kilobyte-en-noun-PqR8CdQl Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of '1024 bytes': 58 42
  2. (computing, informal, especially RAM) a kibibyte. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms (Next): megabyte Coordinate_terms (Previous): byte
    Sense id: en-kilobyte-en-noun-bL4d716e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with kilo- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with kilo-: 36 64 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Next': 37 63 Disambiguation of 'Previous': 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kB, KB, ㎅ Related terms: kibibit, kilobit

Noun [Italian]

Etymology: From kilo- + byte. Etymology templates: {{prefix|it|kilo|byte}} kilo- + byte Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} kilobyte m (invariable)
  1. (computing) kilobyte Tags: invariable, masculine Categories (topical): Computing

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˌkiloˈbajt(ʃ)(i)/ [Brazil] Forms: kilobytes [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English kilobyte. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|en|kilobyte}} Unadapted borrowing from English kilobyte Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} kilobyte m (plural kilobytes)
  1. (computing) kilobyte (one thousand bytes) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: KB [abbreviation], kB [abbreviation] Related terms: kilobit, kebibyte Coordinate_terms (Multiples of the byte): megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte

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      "code": "ar",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "1024 bytes",
      "word": "კილობაიტი"
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      "code": "de",
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    },
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      "code": "el",
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "1024 bytes",
      "word": "kilobyte"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "킬로바이트"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "1024 bytes",
      "word": "kiiłtsohʼííłké"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      ],
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "1024 bytes",
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      "word": "килоба́йт"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "1024 bytes",
      "word": "kilobyte"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gì-loo-bái",
      "sense": "1024 bytes",
      "word": "กิโลไบต์"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "kilobájt",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "кілоба́йт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "kilobayt",
      "sense": "1024 bytes",
      "word": "كىلوبايت"
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}

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        "Portuguese terms borrowed from English",
        "Portuguese terms derived from English",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.