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About these units
Kilobit (kb)
A kilobit represents 1,000 bits (decimal), commonly used in telecommunications and networking. Unlike computer storage, networking units generally favor decimal prefixes, making kilobits distinct from kibibits (1024-bit units). Kilobits are often used to express low-bandwidth data rates—such as early dial-up Internet speeds (e.g., 56 kbps), small sensor networks, or radio telemetry. Though kilobits appear small today, many communication systems still operate efficiently at kilobit speeds, especially low-power IoT devices designed for long battery life and minimal bandwidth usage.
Zip 250 (Zip 250)
The Zip 250 increased capacity to 250 MB, improving on the Zip 100 line while retaining backward compatibility. It served as a bridge to larger removable storage formats and remained popular until USB flash drives took over the portable storage market. Designers, schools, and offices used Zip 250 disks for medium-sized multimedia projects, backups, and file transfers. Its existence illustrates the rapid pace of storage innovation—and how even seemingly large capacities were quickly eclipsed.