kilobyte | 1 kB | 2 kB | 3 kB | 4 kB | 5 kB | 6 kB | 7 kB | 8 kB | 9 kB | 10 kB | 11 kB | 12 kB | 13 kB | 14 kB | 15 kB | 16 kB | 17 kB | 18 kB | 19 kB | 20 kB | 21 kB | 22 kB | 23 kB | 24 kB | 25 kB | 26 kB | 27 kB | 28 kB | 29 kB | 30 kB | 31 kB | 32 kB | 33 kB | 34 kB | 35 kB | 36 kB | 37 kB | 38 kB | 39 kB | 40 kB | 41 kB | 42 kB | 43 kB | 44 kB | 45 kB | 46 kB | 47 kB | 48 kB | 49 kB | 50 kB | 51 kB | 52 kB | 53 kB | 54 kB | 55 kB | 56 kB | 57 kB | 58 kB | 59 kB | 60 kB | 61 kB | 62 kB | 63 kB | 64 kB | 65 kB | 66 kB | 67 kB | 68 kB | 69 kB | 70 kB | 71 kB | 72 kB | 73 kB | 74 kB | 75 kB | 76 kB | 77 kB | 78 kB | 79 kB | 80 kB | 81 kB | 82 kB | 83 kB | 84 kB | 85 kB | 86 kB | 87 kB | 88 kB | 89 kB | 90 kB | 91 kB | 92 kB | 93 kB | 94 kB | 95 kB | 96 kB | 97 kB | 98 kB | 99 kB | 100 kB |
byte | 1 000 B | 2 000 B | 3 000 B | 4 000 B | 5 000 B | 6 000 B | 7 000 B | 8 000 B | 9 000 B | 10 000 B | 11 000 B | 12 000 B | 13 000 B | 14 000 B | 15 000 B | 16 000 B | 17 000 B | 18 000 B | 19 000 B | 20 000 B | 21 000 B | 22 000 B | 23 000 B | 24 000 B | 25 000 B | 26 000 B | 27 000 B | 28 000 B | 29 000 B | 30 000 B | 31 000 B | 32 000 B | 33 000 B | 34 000 B | 35 000 B | 36 000 B | 37 000 B | 38 000 B | 39 000 B | 40 000 B | 41 000 B | 42 000 B | 43 000 B | 44 000 B | 45 000 B | 46 000 B | 47 000 B | 48 000 B | 49 000 B | 50 000 B | 51 000 B | 52 000 B | 53 000 B | 54 000 B | 55 000 B | 56 000 B | 57 000 B | 58 000 B | 59 000 B | 60 000 B | 61 000 B | 62 000 B | 63 000 B | 64 000 B | 65 000 B | 66 000 B | 67 000 B | 68 000 B | 69 000 B | 70 000 B | 71 000 B | 72 000 B | 73 000 B | 74 000 B | 75 000 B | 76 000 B | 77 000 B | 78 000 B | 79 000 B | 80 000 B | 81 000 B | 82 000 B | 83 000 B | 84 000 B | 85 000 B | 86 000 B | 87 000 B | 88 000 B | 89 000 B | 90 000 B | 91 000 B | 92 000 B | 93 000 B | 94 000 B | 95 000 B | 96 000 B | 97 000 B | 98 000 B | 99 000 B | 100 000 B |
The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The International System of Units (SI) defines the prefix kilo as 1000 (103); therefore one kilobyte is 1000 bytes. The unit symbol for the kilobyte is kB.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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kilobyte | kB | 1 kilobyte = 103 bytes = 8000 bits | = 103 bytes = 1000 bytes = 8000 bits | Metric system SI |
kilobytes | bytes | kilobytes | bytes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 1000 | 6 | = 6000 |
2 | = 2000 | 7 | = 7000 |
3 | = 3000 | 8 | = 8000 |
4 | = 4000 | 9 | = 9000 |
5 | = 5000 | 10 | = 10000 |
The byte (/ˈbaɪt/) is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
---|---|---|---|---|
byte | B | = 23 bits | = 23 bits | Metric system SI |
bytes | kilobytes | bytes | kilobytes |
---|---|---|---|
1 | = 0.001 | 6 | = 0.006 |
2 | = 0.002 | 7 | = 0.007 |
3 | = 0.003 | 8 | = 0.008 |
4 | = 0.004 | 9 | = 0.009 |
5 | = 0.005 | 10 | = 0.01 |
kilobytes | bytes |
---|---|
1 | = 1 000 |
0.001 | = 1 |
You can find the conversion in other languages in the following:
Symbol | Definition |
---|---|
≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |