What does Kb stand for?

Kilobit (written with lowercase b; 1024 bits)

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Information technology (IT) and computers

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The federal government defines broadband as 786 kilobits per second download speed and 200 kbps upload speed, according to Government Services Group Project Manager Pat Lien.

United States: Interlocal project could provide faster Internet access

The songs are streamed at as few as 32 kilobits per second, depending on cell phone reception — which is about the same as some smaller radio stations stream online but far lower quality than the 256 kilobits per second common to iTunes.

Music service Lala heralds MP3-killing iPhone app

The fastest is a Cable (around 1000 kilobits per second) connection followed by DSL (around 300 kilobits per second) and Dial-Up (around 30 kilobits per second), respectively.

Three Main Types Choosing An ISP Plan

8 megabits per second using the HSDPA system, in contrast with current speed limitations of only 384 kilobits per second.

High speed Internet to be offered to mobile phone users by T-Mobile

Upload speeds will remain at 384 kilobits per second, Comcast said.

Business Briefs

Global WiFi Plus (GWP) has a Point of Presence (POP) in Santa Cruz that will offer subscribers the ability to access the Internet at a peak down rate of 1500 Kilobits per second to the customer, and 512 Kilobits per second toward the Internet (the connection).

GLOBAL WIFI PLUS EXPANDS WIRELESS BROADBAND MARKETING

8 kilobits per second for its MARATHON EVOLUTION communications recording systems.

ASC offers increased online storage with MARATHON EVOLUTION

The latter technology permits the transfer of up to 348 kilobits per second, about twice the amount Broadcom's chips now permit.

Broadcom to acquire Zyray Wireless