Meaning of the word kilobyte in English

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kilobyte

US /ˈkɪl.ə.baɪt/
UK /ˈkɪl.ə.baɪt/
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Noun

1.

a unit of memory or data equal to 1,024 bytes

Example:
The file size is only 500 kilobytes.
Early computer programs were often measured in kilobytes.
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