Kilobytes per second

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A kilobyte per second (KB/s or KBps) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to:

• 1,000 bytes per second, or
• 8 Kilobits per second.

[edit] Kilobytes and Kilobits

There is often confusion between kilobytes per second and kilobits per second. Typically, bytes are 8 times larger than bits, so there are 8 kilobits in a kilobyte. Kilobits per second is usually expressed as kb/s or kbps, while kilobytes per second is usually expressed as kB/s or kBps

[edit] See also

• Kilobyte
• Byte
• Bit
• Bit rate
• Megabit per second (Mbit/s or Mbps)
• Gigabit per second (Gb/s or Gbps)
• Gigabyte per second (GB/s or GBps)
• Mebibit
• Mebibyte
• Mebibit per second
• Mebibyte per second