kilotavuista

Kilotavuista is a Finnish inflected form of the noun kilotavu, which corresponds to the English term kilobyte. Grammatically, kilotavuista is the elative plural of kilotavu (ending -ista/-istä), used to indicate origin, source, or the topic of discussion — for example, to mean “from kilobytes” or “about kilobytes” in contexts such as data measurements or descriptions.

In computing, a kilotavu denotes a unit of digital information roughly equivalent to a thousand bytes. Use of the term may follow SI conventions (1 kilotavu = 1 000 bytes, often written kB) or the binary convention (1 kilotavu = 1 024 bytes), for which the International Electrotechnical Commission recommends the binary prefix kibitavu (kibitavu, KiB). Finnish technical texts may adopt either convention, so explicit clarification is common in precise contexts.

Typical usages include describing file sizes, data transfers and storage: for example, “tiedosto koostui useista kilotavuista” (the file consisted of several kilobytes) or “keskustelua kilotavuista ja kibitavuista” (discussion about kilobytes and kibibytes). As an inflected form, kilotavuista appears in natural Finnish syntax when verbs or postpositions require the elative case or when speaking generally about amounts or topics related to kilobytes.