kilobyte=كيلو بايت

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kilobyte=كيلو بايت

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:

kilobyte (n.)

1970, from kilo- + byte.

ALSO: kilowatt=      كيلووات
               kiloton=         كيلوطن
             kilometer=     كيلو متر

kilo-

word-forming element meaning "one thousand," introduced in French 1795, when the metric system was officially adopted there, from Gk. khilioi /χίλιοι   "thousand," of unknown origin.

byte (n.)

1956, American English; see bit (n.2). Reputedly coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz at IBM.