KB

KB

See also: Kb., kB, kb, and kb.

㎅ U+3385, ㎅ SQUARE KB ← ㎄ [U+3384] CJK Compatibility ㎆ → [U+3386]

English

Pronunciation

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Symbol

KB

1. (computing, formal) kilobyte (1,000 bytes)

   Synonym: kB

2. (computing, informal) kibibyte (1024 bytes).

   Synonym: KiB

Noun

KB (plural KBs)

1. (computer science) Initialism of knowledge base.
2. (prison slang) Initialism of knockback.
   • 1975, John Eryl Hall Williams, Changing Prisons (page 81)

     […] has had a 'K.B.' (knock-back) by being turned down for parole is something which the prison staff have had to learn to deal with […]

   • 1989, Michael Bettsworth, Marking Time: A Prison Memoir (page 160)

     My subsequent misconduct in prison had many inmate friends telling me that I would receive a knock-back. […] At least I feel the wheels are rolling onwards and if I get a KB I am passing time.

3. (slang) Abbreviation of kine bud. (High-grade marijuana.)

Synonyms

• (marijuana): kine bud, kine bud, KBs; heads, headies

Coordinate terms

• mersh, regs, schwag
• mids, middies

Proper noun

KB

1. (astronomy) Initialism of Kuiper Belt.
2. West Kalimantan in Borneo

Anagrams

• BK, bk, bk.

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Indonesian

Noun

KB

1. Initialism of keluarga berencana (“family planning”).
2. Initialism of kelompok bermain (“playgroup”).

Proper noun

KB

1. Initialism of Kalimantan Barat.

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Swedish

Proper noun

KB

1. National Library of Sweden, the Royal Library; Initialism of Kungliga biblioteket.

Anagrams

• BK