KB

See also: kb, kB, kb., and Kb.
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English

Etymology 1

Symbol

KB

  1. kilobyte, also written as kB

Etymology 2

Initialisms.

Noun

KB (plural KBs)

  1. (computer science) Initialism of knowledge base.
  2. (prison slang) Initialism of knockback.
    • 1975, John Eryl Hall Williams, Changing Prisons (page 81)
      […] has had a 'K.B.' (knock-back) by being turned down for parole is something which the prison staff have had to learn to deal with […]
    • 1989, Michael Bettsworth, Marking Time: A Prison Memoir (page 160)
      My subsequent misconduct in prison had many inmate friends telling me that I would receive a knock-back. […] At least I feel the wheels are rolling onwards and if I get a KB I am passing time.

Proper noun

KB

  1. (astronomy) Initialism of Kuiper Belt.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation

KB

  1. West Kalimantan, a province of Indonesia.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation of kine bud.

Noun

KB (uncountable)

  1. (slang) High-grade marijuana.
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Swedish

Proper noun

KB

  1. National Library of Sweden, the Royal Library; Initialism of Kungliga biblioteket.
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