Kilobyte per second is abbreviated as which?

Kilobyte per second is abbreviated as which?

• A. Kbps
• B. KB
• C. Kb
• D. IMAP

Answer: (A)

Kilobyte per second is a data rate that uses bytes, not bits. The standard abbreviation uses a capital B for bytes and a slash with s for per second: KB/s (sometimes written KBps). This is different from kilobits per second, which uses a lowercase b: Kbps or Kb/s. Kilobyte by itself (KB) is just a quantity, not a rate, and kilobit (Kb) is a quantity of bits, again not a rate. IMAP is a mail protocol, not a unit of data rate. So the correct way to denote kilobyte per second is KB/s, and remember that 1 KB/s equals 8 Kb/s.

Kilobyte per second is a data rate that uses bytes, not bits. The standard abbreviation uses a capital B for bytes and a slash with s for per second: KB/s (sometimes written KBps). This is different from kilobits per second, which uses a lowercase b: Kbps or Kb/s. Kilobyte by itself (KB) is just a quantity, not a rate, and kilobit (Kb) is a quantity of bits, again not a rate. IMAP is a mail protocol, not a unit of data rate. So the correct way to denote kilobyte per second is KB/s, and remember that 1 KB/s equals 8 Kb/s.