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• n  a unit of information equal to 1000 bits

• The user typically must use terrestrial phone lines to send data back to the satellite and that limits the so-called uplink speed to that of a standard 56-kilobit-per-second modem.
• The Japanese were selling 256-kilobit memory chips at $2 each, for example, even though they cost an estimated $3 or more to produce.

• kbit
• kb

News & Articles

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• Flash memory: Silicon oxide memories transcend a hurdle
  A laboratory working on next-generation "flash" memory technology has demonstrated a 1-kilobit silicon oxide memory chip with embedded diodes that keep voltage from leaking and corrupting data.
  July 9, 2013 - Science Daily
• Silicon oxide memories transcend a hurdle
  ( Rice University ) A Rice University laboratory working on next-generation "flash" memory technology has demonstrated a 1-kilobit silicon oxide memory chip with embedded diodes that keep voltage from leaking and corrupting data.
  July 9, 2013 - EurekAlert!

Quotes

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• Derek Turner in eSchool News (subscription)
  The notion that a 200-kilobit connection is broadband is : ludicrous,said Derek Turner, research director for Free Press, a nonprofit public interest group that studies media and technology issues.