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kB (for full details, see kilobyte)

A kilobyte is 1024 bytes(1).

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kilobyte (also known as kB)

A kilobyte is 1024 bytes(1).

See byte(1) for general information on this and related quantities.

The standard abbreviation is "kB", but "KB" is often used by people unfamiliar with the metric system.

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