kilobyte
In computing, a unit of memory equal to 1,024 bytes. It is sometimes used, less precisely, to mean 1,000 bytes.
In the metric system, the prefix ‘kilo-’ denotes multiplication by 1,000 (as in kilometre, a unit equal to 1,000 metres). However, computer memory size is based on the binary number system, and the most convenient binary equivalent of 1,000 is 210, or 1,024.
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