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Computing Terms Glossary

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This glossary is far from complete. We are constantly adding computing terms.

Kb (Kilobyte)
There are 1024 (2¹⁰) bytes in a kilobyte. It is used to measure the storage space of computer memory and discs.

keyboard

An input device which consists of a standard QWERTY (or other, eg AZERTY in France) keyboard and usually also includes a calculator key pad and a range of special keys.