Kilo-

Kilo- is an SI prefix meaning 1000.SI brochure, Section 3.1 on BIPM site Its name comes from Greek "chilias", meaning one thousand.
The reciprocal of this prefix is milli-, from Latin "mille" meaning one thousand.
==Prefix conversion==
Kilo- + Kilo- = Mega-
Kilo- + Mega- = Giga-
==Examples==
*1 Kilo-bit is 125 bytes.
*1 Kilo-second is 16 minutes and 40 seconds
== Sources ==
== See also ==
Category:Prefixes
Category:SI prefixes