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Kilobyte

Ẹ̀kàrún

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English definition

About one thousand bytes of digital storage.

Yoruba definition

Nǹkan bí ẹgbẹ̀rún ẹkajọ nínú ìpamọ́ olóǹkà.

English example

A short text file may be only a few kilobytes.

Yoruba example

Fáìlì ọ̀rọ̀ kúkúrú lè jẹ́ ẹ̀kàrún díẹ̀.

English analogy

A kilobyte is like a small box that can hold a few letters. It's not much, but it can still store important information.

Yoruba analogy

Ẹ̀kàrún dàbí àpò kékeré tó lè pa lẹ́tà díẹ̀ mọ́ra. Kò pọ̀, ṣùgbọ́n ó lè pa ìtàn pàtàkì kan mọ́.

English use when

Use 'kilobyte' when referring to small amounts of data, especially in file sizes. It is different from megabytes, which represent larger data sizes.

Yoruba use when

Lo 'ẹ̀kàrún' nígbà tí o bá tọka sí iye data kékeré, pàápàá jùlọ nínú iwọn fáìlì. Ó yàtọ̀ sí 'megabyte', tó jẹ́ pé ó túmọ̀ sí iye data tó pọ̀ síi.

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