10 definitions by mistweb
If we're not taling computers, then it's got a small k and means a thousand of whatever follows, eg 1 km = 1000 m, 1 kg = 1000 g etc.
If we are talking about computers or other binary systems, then it refers to 1024 times, and it gets a capital K, e.g 1 Kb = 1024 b, 4KB = 4096 B etc.
Honest, confusing but true.
If we are talking about computers or other binary systems, then it refers to 1024 times, and it gets a capital K, e.g 1 Kb = 1024 b, 4KB = 4096 B etc.
Honest, confusing but true.
by mistweb October 13, 2003
bits per second; rate of information transfer, hence 'baud-rate'; see Information theory; also kilo-baud (kb)- thousands of baud, mega-baud (Mb) - millions of baud.
by mistweb October 13, 2003
Some people would say camel case, but actually camels only have humps in the middle likeThis. People are now calling bi-capitalisation PascalCase, cos in the old days we used to use it for names of things in the computer language called Pascal.
by mistweb October 13, 2003
Binary digIT - the least amount of information there is, i.e. yes or no, true or false, on or off. Eight bits make a byte
by mistweb October 13, 2003
Microsoft are such a bunch of wankers that their servers are fair game for hackers and virus writers
by mistweb October 13, 2003