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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Jabil Circuit, Inc.:

      We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement on
Form S-8 of Jabil Circuit, Inc. of our report dated October 7, 1996, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of Jabil Circuit, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
August 31, 1995 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows and related schedules for each of the years
in the three-year period ended August 31, 1996, which report appears in the
August 31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of Jabil Circuit, Inc.



St. Petersburg, Florida                               KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
October 7, 1997
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