Kilobyte
A KB is the unit symbol for the ‘Kilobyte‘. A Kilobyte is made up of multiple-unit bytes, which stores the digital information and denotes data size. A byte is a size, which is made up of 8 bits. A bit is a single unit of data. It can be ‘0’ or ‘1’. And the short forms of kilobyte are K, K-byte, and kByte.
In the word kilobyte, kilo denotes the 1000 or third power of 10, which means 103. In computer science and IT, the kilobyte refers to as 1024 or 210 bytes.
A kilobyte is that unit, which is larger than a byte (B) and smaller than the unit megabyte (MB). Kilobyte is used for measuring the size of small files. An electronic mail (e-mail) without the images contains 2 kilobytes.
Other data units to Kilobyte conversion
Following list shows the values of kilobytes in other data units:
| S.No. | Other Units | Values in Kilobytes |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 Bit equals to | 0.000125 Kilobytes |
| 2. | 1 Kilobit equals to | 0.125 Kilobytes |
| 3. | 1 Kibibit equals to | 0.128 Kilobytes |
| 4. | 1 Megabit equals to | 125 Kilobytes |
| 5. | 1 Mebibit equals to | 131.072 Kilobytes |
| 6. | 1 Gigabit equals to | 125000 Kilobytes |
| 7. | 1 Gibibit equals to | 134218 Kilobytes |
| 8. | 1 Terabit equals to | 1.25e+8 Kilobytes |
| 9. | 1 Tebibit equals to | 1.374e+8 Kilobytes |
| 10. | 1 Petabit equals to | 1.25e+11 Kilobytes |
| 11. | 1 Pebibit equals to | 1.407e+11 Kilobytes |
| 12. | 1 exabit equals to | 1.25e14 Kilobytes |
| 13. | 1 Exbibit equals to | 1.41e+14 kilobytes |
| 14. | 1 Yobibits equals to | 1.511e+20 Kilobytes |
| 15. | 1 Nibble equals to | 0.0005 Kilobytes |
| 16. | 1 Byte equals to | 0.001 Kilobytes |
| 17. | 1 Kilobyte equals to | 1 Kilobytes |
| 18. | 1 Kibibyte equals to | 1.024 Kilobytes |
| 19. | 1 Megabyte equals to | 1000 Kilobytes |
| 20. | 1 Mebibytes equals to | 1.048.58 Kilobytes |
| 21. | 1 Gigabytes equals to | 1e+6 Kilobytes |
| 22. | 1 Gibibytes equals to | 1.074e+6 Kilobytes |
| 23. | 1 Terabytes equals to | 1e+9 Kilobytes |
| 24. | 1 Tebibytes equals to | 1.1e+9 Kilobytes |
| 25. | 1 Petabytes equals to | 1.0e+12 Kilobytes |
| 26. | 1 Pebibytes equals to | 1.126e+12 Kilobytes |
| 27. | 1 exabytes equals to | 1.0e+15 Kilobytes |
| 28. | 1 Exbibytes equals to | 1.1529e+15 Kilobytes |
| 29. | 1 Zettabytes equals to | 1.0e+18 Kilobytes |
| 30. | 1 Yottabytes equals to | 1.0e+21 Kilobytes |
| 31. | 1 Yobibytes equals to | 1.209e+21 Kilobytes |
Conversion of 1 Kilobyte into some common data-storage units
Following list shows the conversion of 1 kilobyte into other common data storage units:
| S.No. | 1 kilobyte | Common data storage units |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 KB equals to | 8000 bits (bit) |
| 2. | 1 KB equals to | 8 kilobits (kbit) |
| 3. | 1 KB equals to | 0.008 megabits (Mbit) |
| 4. | 1 KB equals to | 8.0E-6 gigabits (Gbit) |
| 5. | 1 KB equals to | 8.0E-9 terabits (Tbit) |
| 6. | 1 KB equals to | 1000 bytes (B) |
| 7. | 1 KB equals to | 1 kilobytes (KB) |
| 8. | 1 KB equals to | 0.001 megabytes (MB) |
| 9. | 1 KB equals to | 1.0E-6 gigabytes (GB) |
| 10. | 1 KB equals to | 1.0E-9 terabytes (TB) |