From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023): kilobyte KB <unit, data> (KB) A unit of data equal to 1000 bytes (but see binary prefix for other definitions). One kilobyte is the amount of data in 1000 ASCII (or UTF-8) characters or about 250 English words (whose average length is about four characters). 1000 kilobytes are one megabyte. (2014-07-21)
kilobyte KB
<unit, data> (KB) A unit of data equal to 1000 bytes (but see binary prefix for other definitions).
One kilobyte is the amount of data in 1000 ASCII (or UTF-8) characters or about 250 English words (whose average length is about four characters).
1000 kilobytes are one megabyte.
(2014-07-21)
