Data storage converter
Data is counted in bits and bytes (8 bits = 1 byte). Drive makers use decimal units (1 GB = 1,000 MB) while some systems show binary ones (1 GiB = 1,024 MiB), which is why a new drive looks smaller than advertised.
Common conversions
1 bit equals
| byte (B) | 0.125 |
|---|---|
| kilobyte (KB) | 0.000125 |
| megabyte (MB) | 1.25 × 10^-7 |
| gigabyte (GB) | 1.25 × 10^-10 |
| terabyte (TB) | 1.25 × 10^-13 |
| petabyte (PB) | 1.25 × 10^-16 |
| kibibyte (KiB) | 0.00012207 |
| mebibyte (MiB) | 1.19209 × 10^-7 |
| gibibyte (GiB) | 1.16415 × 10^-10 |
| tebibyte (TiB) | 1.13687 × 10^-13 |
| kilobit (kb) | 0.001 |
| megabit (Mb) | 0.000001 |
| gigabit (Gb) | 1 × 10^-9 |
Every Data storage conversion
bit (b)
byte (B)
kilobyte (KB)
megabyte (MB)
gigabyte (GB)
terabyte (TB)
kibibyte (KiB)
mebibyte (MiB)
gibibyte (GiB)
tebibyte (TiB)
About Data storage units
- megabyte (MB)
- 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes (decimal, as drive makers use).
- terabyte (TB)
- A 1 TB drive is 1,000 GB, shown as about 931 GiB by Windows.
- gibibyte (GiB)
- 1 GiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes (binary, as Windows shows).
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