kb
kb — noun
- kbsingular
- kbsplural
1. the short written form of kilobyte, a small unit that measures how much informat
the short written form of kilobyte, a small unit that measures how much information a file or piece of computer memory holds; one thousand kilobytes make one megabyte
Nila uploaded a tiny logo image that was only 12 kb in size.
pattern: [number] kb in size
The plain text email took less than 5 kb of space on the server.
kb of space — used for file size
Bilal trimmed the family photo until the file dropped to 80 kb.
Each small icon on the website is around 4 kb to load quickly.
- kilobyte
the full written word; clearer in formal or technical text
文法句型
[number] kb
[number]-kb + noun
kb of data
用法筆記
Almost always written after a number. In speech, people usually read it as 'kilobyte' or 'kay-bee'. The unit is small — most modern files are measured in MB (megabytes) or GB (gigabytes) rather than kb.
常見錯誤
kb — abbreviation
1. kilobyte; the short written label seen on screens and file lists, showing how ma
kilobyte; the short written label seen on screens and file lists, showing how many thousand bytes of information something holds
Nadia saw '48 kb' next to the document name in the folder list.
kb shown next to a file in a folder
The download window showed 230 kb received out of 500 kb.
kb on a download progress display
Valentina set the upload limit to 100 kb for each profile photo.
The job application site rejected any cover letter file over 200 kb.
- kilobyte
the full written word; used when the short label might be unclear
文法句型
[number] kb
kb file
kb of memory
用法筆記
Used as a label on file lists, download bars, and upload forms rather than in spoken sentences. Both lowercase 'kb' and uppercase 'KB' appear; in everyday computing they refer to the same unit.