Conversion of
Digital Data Units

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What is Data Unit Conversion?
What are the common units of digital information
Digital Data Storage Measurement Units in Order : Smallest to Largest
Comparison between Decimal (SI Standard) and Binary (IEC Standard) units.
- Decimal and Binary Bit Units
- Decimal and Binary Byte Units
Relationship between different Data Measurement Units
Digital Data Units - Complete List and Definitions

What is Data Unit Conversion?

Data unit conversion refers to the process of converting one unit of data to another unit of data. It is a common task in computer science and information technology, where different data units are used to measure the amount of data stored or transmitted. Some common data units include bits, bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, and terabytes.

Converting data units can be useful for a variety of purposes, such as estimating file sizes, measuring network speeds, and optimizing data storage. The process of conversion involves multiplying or dividing the value of the original data unit by a conversion factor, which is based on the relationship between the two units being converted.

Understanding how to convert data units is an essential skill in computer science and information technology, and can be learned through practice and familiarity with common conversion factors.

What are the common units of digital information?

Computing and telecommunication systems use units of information to measure storage and communication capacity. Bit,Nibble and Byte are the fundamental digital data units. The larger units, multiples of bits and bytes, are further categorized as Binary and Decimal units.

Decimal units are defined by SI(International System of Units), use Metric prefixes such as kilo, mega etc. Decimal units are multiples of 1000. Binary units are comparatively newer, defined by IEC(International Electro technical Commission), prefixed with kibi, mebi etc. evaluated as multiples of 1024. You can find further details on each units below.

Digital Data Storage Measurement Units in Order : Smallest to Largest

Bit (b) is the smallest unit to measure digital data, whereas Byte is commonly used as the smallest addressable unit of storage in many computer systems. A Nibble can be formed by grouping 4 bits, can have up to 16 values.

Basic Units
Bit (b) 0 or 1 (Basic Unit)	Nibble 1 Nibble = 4 Bits	Byte (B) 1 Byte = 8 Bits

Comparison between Decimal (SI Standard) and Binary (IEC Standard) units.

Decimal (SI Standard)
Bit Units	Byte Units
Kilobit (kbit) 1 Kilobit = 10³ or 1000 Bits	Kilobyte (kB) 1 Kilobyte = 10³ or 1000 Bytes
Megabit (Mbit) 1 Megabit = 10⁶ or 1000² Bits	Megabyte (MB) 1 Megabyte = 10⁶ or 1000² Bytes
Gigabit (Gbit) 1 Gigabit = 10⁹ or 1000³ Bits	Gigabyte (GB) 1 Gigabyte = 10⁹ or 1000³ Bytes
Terabit (Tbit) 1 Terabit = 10¹² or 1000⁴ Bits	Terabyte (TB) 1 Terabyte = 10¹² or 1000⁴ Bytes
Petabit (Pbit) 1 Petabit = 10¹⁵ or 1000⁵ Bits	Petabyte (PB) 1 Petabyte = 10¹⁵ or 1000⁵ Bytes
Exabit (Ebit) 1 Exabit = 10¹⁸ or 1000⁶ Bits	Exabyte (EB) 1 Exabyte = 10¹⁸ or 1000⁶ Bytes
Zettabit (Zbit) 1 Zettabit = 10²¹ or 1000⁷ Bits	Zettabyte (ZB) 1 Zettabyte = 10²¹ or 1000⁷ Bytes
Yottabit (Ybit) 1 Yottabit = 10²⁴ or 1000⁸ Bits	Yottabyte (YB) 1 Yottabyte = 10²⁴ or 1000⁸ Bytes

Binary (IEC Standard)
Bit Units	Byte Units
Kibibit (Kibit) 1 Kibibit = 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bits	Kibibyte (KiB) 1 Kibibyte = 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bytes
Mebibit (Mibit) 1 Mebibit = 2²⁰ or 1024² Bits	Mebibyte (MiB) 1 Mebibyte = 2²⁰ or 1024² Bytes
Gibibit (Gibit) 1 Gibibit = 2³⁰ or 1024³ Bits	Gibibyte (GiB) 1 Gibibyte = 2³⁰ or 1024³ Bytes
Tebibit (Tibit) 1 Tebibit = 2⁴⁰ or 1024⁴ Bits	Tebibyte (TiB) 1 Tebibyte = 2⁴⁰ or 1024⁴ Bytes
Pebibit (Pibit) 1 Pebibit = 2⁵⁰ or 1024⁵ Bits	Pebibyte (PiB) 1 Pebibyte = 2⁵⁰ or 1024⁵ Bytes
Exbibit (Eibit) 1 Exbibit = 2⁶⁰ or 1024⁶ Bits	Exbibyte (EiB) 1 Exbibyte = 2⁶⁰ or 1024⁶ Bytes
Zebibit (Zibit) 1 Zebibit = 2⁷⁰ or 1024⁷ Bits	Zebibyte (ZiB) 1 Zebibyte = 2⁷⁰ or 1024⁷ Bytes
Yobibit (Yibit) 1 Yobibit = 2⁸⁰ or 1024⁸ Bits	Yobibyte (YiB) 1 Yobibyte = 2⁸⁰ or 1024⁸ Bytes

Decimal and Binary Bit Units

Decimal Unit	Equivalent in Bits	Binary Unit	Equivalent in Bits
Kilobit	1,000	Kibibit	1,024
Megabit	1,000,000	Mebibit	1,048,576
Gigabit	1,000,000,000	Gibibit	1,073,741,824
Terabit	1,000,000,000,000	Tebibit	1,099,511,627,776
Petabit	1,000,000,000,000,000	Pebibit	1,125,899,906,842,624
Exabit	1,000,000,000,000,000,000	Exbibit	1,152,921,504,606,846,976
Zettabit	1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	Zebibit	1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424
Yottabit	1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	Yobibit	1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176

Decimal and Binary Byte Units

Decimal Unit	Equivalent in Bytes	Binary Unit	Equivalent in Bytes
Kilobyte	1,000	Kibibyte	1,024
Megabyte	1,000,000	Mebibyte	1,048,576
Gigabyte	1,000,000,000	Gibibyte	1,073,741,824
Terabyte	1,000,000,000,000	Tebibyte	1,099,511,627,776
Petabyte	1,000,000,000,000,000	Pebibyte	1,125,899,906,842,624
Exabyte	1,000,000,000,000,000,000	Exbibyte	1,152,921,504,606,846,976
Zettabyte	1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	Zebibyte	1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424
Yottabyte	1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000	Yobibyte	1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176

Relationship between different Data Measurement Units

Following are the popular Digital Data Units defined by International Electro technical Commission(IEC) and International System of Units(SI). All the conversion logic used in this website align with these standards.

Each Decimal unit (kb, kB, Mb, MB, Gb, GB, Tb, TB, Pb, PB, Eb, EB, Zb, ZB, Yb, YB) is 1000 times larger than its preceding unit, whereas each Binary unit(Kibit, KiB, Mibit, MiB, Gibit, GiB, Tibit, TiB, Pibit, PiB, Eibit, EiB, Zibit, ZiB, Yibit, YiB) is 1024 times larger than the preceding unit. Below table represents how these units are related to each other.

Decimal (SI Standard)
1 Kilobit = 1000 Bits	1 Kilobyte = 1000 Bytes
1 Megabit = 1000 Kilobits	1 Megabyte = 1000 Kilobytes
1 Gigabit = 1000 Megabits	1 Gigabyte = 1000 Megabytes
1 Terabit = 1000 Gigabits	1 Terabyte = 1000 Gigabytes
1 Petabit = 1000 Terabits	1 Petabyte = 1000 Terabytes
1 Exabit = 1000 Petabits	1 Exabyte = 1000 Petabytes
1 Zettabit = 1000 Exabits	1 Zettabyte = 1000 Exabytes
1 Yottabit = 1000 Zettabits	1 Yottabyte = 1000 Zettabytes

Binary (IEC Standard)
1 Kibibit = 1024 Bits	1 Kibibyte = 1024 Bytes
1 Mebibit = 1024 Kibibits	1 Mebibyte = 1024 Kibibytes
1 Gibibit = 1024 Mebibits	1 Gibibyte = 1024 Mebibytes
1 Tebibit = 1024 Gibibits	1 Tebibyte = 1024 Gibibytes
1 Pebibit = 1024 Tebibits	1 Pebibyte = 1024 Tebibytes
1 Exbibit = 1024 Pebibits	1 Exbibyte = 1024 Pebibytes
1 Zebibit = 1024 Exbibits	1 Zebibyte = 1024 Exbibytes
1 Yobibit = 1024 Zebibits	1 Yobibyte = 1024 Zebibytes

Digital Data Units - Complete List and Definitions

Bit

A Bit (short for "binary digit") is the basic unit of information in computing and digital communications. It is a binary value, meaning it can have one of two values=> 0 or 1. Bits are used to represent data in computers and other electronic devices. They are the building blocks of digital information, and are used to store, transmit, and process data.

Nibble

A Nibble is a unit of digital information that consists of 4 bits. It is half of a byte and can represent a single hexadecimal digit. It is used in computer memory and data storage and sometimes used as a basic unit of data transfer in certain computer architectures.

Byte

A Byte is a unit of digital information that typically consists of 8 bits and can represent a wide range of values such as characters, binary data and it is widely used in the digital world to measure the data size and data transfer speed.

Kilobit

A Kilobit (kb or kbit) is a decimal unit of digital information that is equal to 1000 bits. It is commonly used to express data transfer speeds, such as the speed of an internet connection and to measure the size of a file. In the context of data storage and memory, the binary-based unit of Kibibit (Kibit) is used instead.

Kibibit

A Kibibit (Kib or Kibit) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1024 bits. It is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC) and is used to measure the amount of digital data. The prefix "kibi" is derived from the binary number system, it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "kilobit" (Kb) and it is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Kilobyte

A Kilobyte (kB) is a decimal unit of digital information that is equal to 1000 bytes (or 8,000 bits) and commonly used to express the size of a file or the amount of memory used by a program. It is also used to express data transfer speeds and in the context of data storage and memory, the binary-based unit of kibibyte (KiB) is used instead.

Kibibyte

A Kibibyte (KiB) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1024 bytes (or 8,192 bits) and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "kibi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "kilobyte" (KB). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Megabit

A Megabit (Mb or Mbit) is a decimal unit of digital information that is equal to 1,000,000 bits and it is commonly used to express data transfer speeds, such as the speed of an internet connection and to measure the size of a file. In the context of data storage and memory, the binary-based unit of mebibit (Mibit) is used instead.

Mebibit

A Mebibit (Mib or Mibit) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,048,576 bits and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "mebi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "megabit" (Mb). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Megabyte

A Megabyte (MB) is a decimal unit of digital information that is equal to 1,000,000 bytes (or 8,000,000 bits) and commonly used to express the size of a file or the amount of memory used by a program. It is also used to express data transfer speeds and in the context of data storage and memory, the binary-based unit of mebibyte (MiB) is used instead.

Mebibyte

A Mebibyte (MiB) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,048,576 bytes (or 8,388,608 bits) and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "mebi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "megabyte" (MB). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Gigabit

A Gigabit (Gb or Gbit) is a decimal unit of digital information that is equal to 1,000,000,000 bits and it is commonly used to express data transfer speeds, such as the speed of an internet connection and to measure the size of a file. In the context of data storage and memory, the binary-based unit of gibibit (Gibit) is used instead.

Gibibit

A Gibibit (Gib or Gibit) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,073,741,824 bits and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "gibi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "gigabit" (Gb). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Gigabyte

A Gigabyte (GB) is a decimal unit of digital information that is equal to 1,000,000,000 bytes (or 8,000,000,000 bits) and commonly used to measure the storage capacity of computer hard drives, flash drives, and other digital storage devices. It is also used to express data transfer speeds and in the context of data storage and memory, the binary-based unit of Gibibyte (GiB) is used instead.

Gibibyte

A Gibibyte (GiB) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes (or 8,589,934,592 bits) and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "gibi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "gigabyte" (GB). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Terabit

A Terabit (Tb or Tbit) is a decimal unit of measurement for digital information transfer rate. It is equal to 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) bits. It is commonly used to measure the speed of data transfer over computer networks, such as internet connection speeds.

Tebibit

A Tebibit (Tib or Tibit) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,099,511,627,776 bits and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "tebi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "terabit" (Tb). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Terabyte

A Terabyte (TB) is a decimal unit of digital information that is equal to 1,000,000,000,000 bytes (or 8,000,000,000,000 bits) and commonly used to measure the storage capacity of computer hard drives, flash drives, and other digital storage devices. It is also used to express data transfer speeds and in the context of data storage and memory, the binary-based unit of Tebibyte (TiB) is used instead.

Tebibyte

A Tebibyte (TiB) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,099,511,627,776 bytes (or 8,796,093,022,208 bits) and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "tebi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "terabyte" (TB). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Petabit

A Petabit (Pb or Pbit) is a decimal unit of measurement for digital information transfer rate. It is equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000 (one quadrillion) bits. It is commonly used to measure the speed of data transfer over computer networks, such as internet connection speeds.

Pebibit

A Pebibit (Pib or Pibit) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,125,899,906,842,624 bits and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "pebi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "petabit" (Pb). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Petabyte

A Petabyte (PB) is a decimal unit of digital information that is equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes (or 8,000,000,000,000,000 bits) and commonly used to measure the storage capacity of enterprise storage arrays and data centers. It is also used to express data transfer speeds and in the context of data storage and memory, the binary-based unit of Pebibyte (PiB) is used instead.

Pebibyte

A Pebibyte (PiB) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes (or 9,007,199,254,740,992 bits) and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "pebi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "petabyte" (PB). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the storage size of high end servers and data storage arrays.

Exabit

An Exabit (Eb or Ebit) is a decimal unit of measurement for digital information transfer rate. It is equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (one quintillion) bits. It is used to measure the speed of extremely high-speed data transfer over communication networks, such as high-speed internet backbones and advanced computer networks.

Exbibit

An Exbibit (Eib or Eibit) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bits and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "exbi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "exabit" (Eb). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Exabyte

An Exabyte (EB) is a decimal unit of measurement for digital information storage. It is equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (one quintillion) bytes, It is commonly used to measure the storage capacity of large data centers, computer hard drives, flash drives, and other digital storage devices.

Exbibyte

An Exbibyte (EiB) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes (or 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 bits) and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "exbi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "exabyte" (EB). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the storage size of high end servers and data storage arrays.

Zettabit

A Zettabit (Zb or Zbit) is a decimal unit of measurement for digital information transfer rate. It is equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (one sextillion) bits. It is used to measure the speed of extremely high-speed data transfer over communication networks, such as high-speed internet backbones and advanced computer networks. The zettabit is part of the International System of Units (SI) and the prefix zetta indicates multiplication by the seventh power of 1000.

Zebibit

A Zebibit (Zib or Zibit) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 bits and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "zebi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "zettabit" (Zb). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Zettabyte

A Zettabyte (ZB) is a decimal unit of measurement for digital information storage. It is equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (one sextillion) bytes. It is commonly used to measure the storage capacity of large data centers, computer hard drives, flash drives, and other digital storage devices.

Zebibyte

A Zebibyte (ZiB) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 bytes (or 9,444,732,965,739,290,427,392 bits) and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "zebi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "zettabyte" (ZB). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the storage size of high end servers and data storage arrays.

Yottabit

A Yottabit (Yb or Ybit) is a decimal unit of measurement for digital information transfer rate. It is equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (one septillion) bits. It is used to measure the speed of extremely high-speed data transfer over communication networks, such as high-speed internet backbones and advanced computer networks.

Yobibit

A yobibit (Yib or Yibit) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bits and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "yobi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "yottabit" (Yb). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the amount of data storage and data transfer in computer systems.

Yottabyte

A Yottabyte (YB) is a decimal unit of measurement for digital information storage. It is equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (one septillion) bytes. It is commonly used to measure the storage capacity of large data centers, computer hard drives, flash drives, and other digital storage devices.

Yobibyte

A Yobibyte (YiB) is a binary unit of digital information that is equal to 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes (or 9,671,406,556,917,033,397,649,408 bits) and is defined by the International Electro technical Commission(IEC). The prefix "yibi" is derived from the binary number system and it is used to distinguish it from the decimal-based "yottabyte" (YB). It is widely used in the field of computing as it more accurately represents the storage size of high end servers and data storage arrays.

Conversion of Digital Data Units

Conversion of
Digital Data Units