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Gigabit vs Kilobit - What's the difference?

gigabit | kilobit |

Kilobit is a coordinate term of gigabit.



As nouns the difference between gigabit and kilobit

is that gigabit is 109 bits, a thousand million (1,000,000,000) bits while kilobit is 1000 bits.

gigabit

English

Alternative forms

* Gbit

Noun

(en noun)
  • 109 bits, a thousand million (1,000,000,000) bits.
  • 230 (1,073,741,824) bits.

    • Synonyms

    * gibibit

    Related terms

    * gigabyte

    kilobit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) 1000 bits
  • * '>citation
  • (rarely ) 1024 (210) bits

    • Synonyms

    * (abbreviation) kb * (abbreviation) kib * kibibit

    Coordinate terms

    * bit , megabit , gigabit , terabit , exabit , petabit

    Related terms

    * kilobyte

    See also

    * kbps