How many characters are there in a kilobyte?

Answer 1

First, let's assume you are talking about modern computers that use the hexadecimal system. {Old systems use octal, and we won't go there in this answer.) The ASCII chart runs from hex 0 to hex 7F, so it takes two bytes to store one ASCII character. {see the Related Link for an ASCII chart} One kilobyte = 1000 bytes, thus 500 ASCII characters can normally by stored in one kilobyte. http://www.asciitable.com/

Answer 2

Normal western characters have 8 bits (1 byte) each. So in a kilobyte you would have 1000 bytes. Now you can work out how many words you can make out withing that character limit (1000).

*note that eastern character like the Japanese and Chinese use "Double-Byte" characters.

Answer 3

Normal western characters have 8 bits (1 byte) each. So in a kilobyte you would have 1024 bytes. Now you can work out how many words you can make out withing that character limit (1024).

*note that eastern character like the Japanese and Chinese use "Double-Byte" characters.