please tell me what is 1k

[razvan]

i have a stupid question.
can you tell me what is 1k? i don't speak englsh very good and i really don't know what this means

thanks in advance

[sonny]

it's 1000. k=1000

[moltar]

1,000 (one thousand)

[no9t9]

razvan, just for my knowledge. Where are you from? I thought k was universal.

k = kilo = 1000 so 1k=1000, 2k=2000, and so on.

similarly,

M = mega = 1000000 so 1M=1000000, 2M=2000000, and so on.

it is the same when you say 1kb or 1Mb. it is 1000 bytes and 1000000 bytes respectively.

[tebrino]

Actually 1kB is 1024 bytes, but you got the point

[benevolent001]

:) He might have peeped into google adsense earnings post ...and read earning of various guys there

[razvan]

thanks for your answers

i am from romania.
in my language it doesn't exist "k" as an abrevation

[gamiziuk]

Don't tell him what 1G means...
;)

[no9t9]

tebrino, I know 1kb=1024 bytes. But that would have confused the situation further.

razvan, so do you use Mb and kb for computer memory? Cause it is the same thing.

[Designed]

it actually is universal, only in some languages we simply do not use it for a thousand, though we do use kilogram for a thousand grams =) but the one letter "k" abbreviation certainly is not universal. I doubt if it was that spread in the US or wherever before the advance of the internet/personal computers.

my wishes to that Romanian pal that he posts his earnings on that thread with a trailig 'K' =)

[razvan]

thanks a lot "Designed"
i wish you all the best.

actually i have to drive traffic to my sites to earn "1K" now i have only 3 $ per day but i hope i will buy a ferrari one day with google adsense. :)

[robsynnott]

k, M, G etc. are SI unit denotations (10^3, 10^6, 10^9, even though 'Billion' is traditionally 10^12 in some countries). But the actual letter used may vary, especially in non-latin character using regions.

[George Cooper]

Just to confuse things further... :-)

Technically, 1KB is 1000 bytes, and 1KiB is 1024 bytes

See [efunda.com...]

[rfung]

$1kUSD is what I don't have per day yet ;)

[no9t9]

rfung, i don't feel sorry for you... :)

if you are measuring your daily earnings in hundreds, you are doing well!