A KibiBit, often abbreviated as "Kib" or "KiBit", belongs to the family of binary prefixes that were specially developed to quantify data sets in the binary system. One KibiBit is equal to 2¹⁰ or exactly 1,024 bits. It is one level above the simple bit and one below the MebiBit (MiBit).
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Table - Data volumes
File size | Decimal | Binary |
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1 Byte | 8 Bit | |
1 KiloByte (KB) | 1.000 Byte (B) | 8.000 Bit |
1 MegaByte (MB) | 1.000 KiloByte (KB) | 1.024 KibiByte (KiB) |
1 GigaByte (GB) | 1.000 MegaByte (MB) | 1.024 MebiByte (MiB) |
1 TeraByte (TB) | 1.000 GigaByte (GB) | 1.024 GibiByte (GiB) |
1 PetaByte (PB) | 1.000 TeraByte (TB) | 1.024 TebiByte (TiB) |
1 ExaByte (EB) | 1.000 PetaByte (PB) | 1.024 PebiByte (PiB) |
1 ZettaByte (ZB) | 1.000 ExaByte (EB) | 1.024 ExbiByte (EiB) |
1 YottaByte (YB) | 1.000 ZettaByte (ZB) | 1.024 ZebiByte (ZiB) |
All information is without guarantee
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In the depths of digital data processing, even the seemingly smaller units are of great importance. The KibiBit, although smaller than many of its siblings, is a fundamental building block in the binary representation of data.
Conversion to other file sizes
To illustrate the size of a KibiBit and its relation to other storage units:
Bit
- 1 KibiBit (KiBit) = 1,024 bits
Byte
- Since 1 byte = 8 bits:
- 1 KiBit = 1,024 bits / 8 = 128 bytes
Kibibyte (KiB)
- 1 KiBit = 128 / 1,024 Kibibytes = 0.125 KiBit
Mebibit (MiBit)
- 1 KiBit = 1 / 2^ Mebibits = 2^ MiBit
Gibibit (GiBit)
- 1 KiBit = 1 / 2^ Gibibits = 2^ GiBit
It is crucial to emphasize that "KibiBit" and "Kilobit" represent different quantities, although they sound similar. The KibiBit is based on the binary system (powers of 2), while the Kilobit is based on the decimal system (powers of 10). Understanding this distinction is of utmost importance in technical contexts, especially when working with computer memory and data transmission
Amount of data
- Bit
- Byte
- Byte in KiloByte
- ExaBit
- ExaByte
- ExbiBit
- ExbiByte
- GibiBit
- GibiByte
- GigaBit
- GigaByte
- GigaByte in TeraByte
- KibiBit
- KibiByte
- KiloBit
- KiloByte
- KiloByte in MegaByte
- MebiBit
- MebiByte
- MegaBit
- MegaByte
- MegaByte in GigaByte
- PebiBit
- PebiByte
- PetaBit
- PetaByte
- TebiBit
- TebiByte
- TeraBit
- TeraByte
- YebiBit
- YebiByte
- YottaBit
- YottaByte
- ZebiBit
- ZebiByte
- ZettaBit
- ZettaByte
Amount of data
- Bit
- Byte
- Byte in KiloByte
- ExaBit
- ExaByte
- ExbiBit
- ExbiByte
- GibiBit
- GibiByte
- GigaBit
- GigaByte
- GigaByte in TeraByte
- KibiBit
- KibiByte
- KiloBit
- KiloByte
- KiloByte in MegaByte
- MebiBit
- MebiByte
- MegaBit
- MegaByte
- MegaByte in GigaByte
- PebiBit
- PebiByte
- PetaBit
- PetaByte
- TebiBit
- TebiByte
- TeraBit
- TeraByte
- YebiBit
- YebiByte
- YottaBit
- YottaByte
- ZebiBit
- ZebiByte
- ZettaBit
- ZettaByte