Is there any difference between kb and KB?

Question

Or is it the same?

Answer 1

Nope... They're not the same. :D The first stands for kilobit, while the second for kilobyte ( 1byte = 8 bits ).

Answer 2

They r different. A single 0 or 1 is a bit. 8 bit = 1 byte.

Kb means kilo bit (1000 bit, not 1024).
KB means Kilo byte (1024 byte, not 1000).

1024 byte=1KB
1024KB=1MB and so on

1000 bit =1Kb
1000Kb=1Mb

small b is in use to present the speed in communication. Like Mbps or Kbps LAN or modem speed.

Big B is used in storage related terms. Like 10GB Harddisk drive. 700 MB CD-R etc.

Answer 3

nope. Lower case kb is the same for capital KB

Answer 4

KB and kb is actually same.Just the different one is formal use and one is informal use that all.Don't feel angry or sad when somebody say you nope they feel very clever so say other person in the human theory if someone tell other nope that person say it the most nope in the world.

Answer 5

kb is kilobits, while kB or KB is kilobytes. There are 8 bits in a byte.

Answer 6

well there is a diffrance between somethign more like MB and Mb the "B" reprsents bytes and the "b" bits. 8 bits =1 Byte most of the time your talking about bytes anyhow (Hard drives, and RAM) but internet connections are measured in bits say a T1 line 1.544Mbps
when your downloading songs at 4KBPS (in the days of dial up) or say 70-500KBytesPS

Answer 7

Both terms are similar, and they refer to kilobytes. People have different preferences on whether they like lower cases or upper cases.

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte

Answer 9

nopers its the same

Answer 10

yes,of course...CAPITAL and small. bUTA.f