kilo- means 1000.
A kilometer is 1000 meters, a kilogram is 1000 grams, a kilobyte is 1000 bytes.
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"Kilo-", as in "kilometer", or "kilobyte". Or "Milli-", when it isn't used to mean 1/1000, as in "millennium".
Kilo has a greater value than milli. Kilo represents 1000 units, while milli represents 1/1000 of a unit.
The metric prefix for 0.001 is milli-.
The prefix kilo- denotes a value of one thousand. It is often used in the metric system to represent a factor of 1000.
The prefix that means thousands in the metric system is "kilo-". It represents a factor of 1000.