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  • $\begingroup$ Not seen many decimal based computers recently so Kb when referring to computer isn't ambiguous $\endgroup$
    – Neuromancer
    Commented Mar 9, 2018 at 22:05
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    $\begingroup$ @Neuromancer Whether it's ambiguous or not has nothing to do with decimal based computers... $\endgroup$
    – Stack Exchange Supports Israel
    Commented Mar 10, 2018 at 1:57
  • $\begingroup$ @smithkm Show me where k small k is ambiguous. $\endgroup$
    – Sentinel
    Commented Mar 10, 2018 at 7:38
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    $\begingroup$ @Neuromancer Kb means... Maybe kb. Oh, the speed of telephone modems that were common until the early 2000s was given in kb/s. $\endgroup$
    – rexkogitans
    Commented Mar 10, 2018 at 20:40
  • $\begingroup$ @rexkogitans It was Kbps for Kilobits per second. Of course some networking utilities would scale it to bytes and that would be KB/s (usually something like that) but the modems were Kbps just like now it might be Mbps or Gbps (and so on). Or if you're extremely unlikely yes Kbps. (Perhaps some wrote it as kbps though) $\endgroup$
    – Pryftan
    Commented Mar 14, 2018 at 21:22