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| K5 |
| A Pentium-class CPU chip from AMD. K5 chips
are available in models that rival a 166MHz Pentium chip. See K6. |
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| K6 |
A Pentium II-class CPU chip from AMD. The
first models were introduced in 1997 at 166MHz, 200MHz and 233MHz clock speeds. The K6
chip contains the MMX instruction set used in Pentium MMX and Pentium II CPUs and plugs
into the Socket 7 processor socket on Pentium motherboards. The K6 was originally
engineered by NexGen, which AMD acquired in 1996.
The second-generation K6-2 chip, introduced in 1998, improves performance and adds AMD's
3DNow 3-D instructions for faster rendering of games and animation. The K6-3 was
introduced in 1999 with improved performance and greater onboard cache. The K6 series has
been superseded by the Athlon. |
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| KB |
(1) (KB) (KiloByte) One
thousand bytes (technically 1,024 bytes). See kilo.
(2) (Kb) (KiloBit) One thousand bits (technically 1,024 bits). Lower
case "b" for bit and "B" for
byte is the rule but it is not always followed and is often
misprinted. Thus, Kb may refer to kilobyte. See kilo. |
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| Kbps |
(KiloBits Per Second)
One thousand bits per second. Kbps is used as a rating of relatively slow transmission
speed compared to the common Mbps or Gbps ratings. Upper case "B" in KBps means
kilobytes per second, but "b" for bit and "B" for byte are not always
followed and often misprinted. KBps or KB/s would be used for earlier disk and tape
transfer ratings as data are transferred in parallel, not serial.
A variation of the term is "K bps," with a space between the K and bps. In this
case, it may mean exactly 1,000 bps in constrast to "Kbps" without the space
which would be the binary 1,024 bps. This usage is not widely known or adhered to and most
modem ratings use Kbps. For example, 56 Kbps means 56,000 bps and not 56 times 1,024 bps.
See kilo. |
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| kilo |
| Thousand (10 to the 3rd power). Abbreviated
"K." For technical specifications, it refers to the precise value 1,024 since
computer specifications are based on binary numbers. For example, 64K means 65,536 bytes
when referring to memory or storage (64x1024), but a 64K salary means $64,000. The IEEE
uses "K" for 1,024, and "k" for 1,000. See KB. |
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| kilobit |
| (thousand bits). For technical
specifications, it refers to 1,024 bits. In general usage, it typically refers to an even
one thousand bits (see kilo). Also written as Kb,
Kbit and K-bit. As a rule, small "b" means "bit"
and large "B" means "byte" following the
"K". |
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| kilobyte |
| (thousand bytes). For technical
specifications, it refers to 1,024 bytes. In general usage, it typically refers to an even
one thousand bytes (see kilo). Also written as KB,
Kbyte and K-byte. As a rule, small "b" means "bit"
and large "B" means "byte" following the
"K". |
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