Byte to Gigabit - 512 Byte to Gbit Conversion
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Byte and Gigabit are units of digital information used to measure storage capacity and data transfer rate. Byte is one of the very basic digital unit where as Gigabit is a decimal unit. One Byte is equal to 8 bits. One Gigabit is equal to 1000^3 bits. There are 125,000,000 Bytes in one Gigabit.
| Source Data Unit | Target Data Unit |
|---|---|
|
Byte (B)
Equal to 8 bits
(Basic Unit) |
Gigabit (Gbit)
Equal to 1000^3 bits
(Decimal Unit) |
The formula of converting the Byte to Gigabit is represented as follows :
Now let us apply the above formula and see how to manually convert Byte (B) to Gigabit (Gbit). We can further simplify the formula to ease the calculation.
Gigabit = Byte x 8 / 10003
Gigabit = Byte x 8 / (1000x1000x1000)
Gigabit = Byte x 8 / 1000000000
Gigabit = Byte x 0.000000008
If we apply the above Formula and steps, conversion from 512 Byte to Gbit, will be processed as below.
- = 512 x 8 / 10003
- = 512 x 8 / (1000x1000x1000)
- = 512 x 8 / 1000000000
- = 512 x 0.000000008
- = 0.000004096
- i.e. 512 Byte is equal to 0.000004096 Gbit.
(Result rounded off to 40 decimal positions.)
Excel Formula to convert from Byte to Gbit
Apply the formula as shown below to convert from 512 Byte to Gigabit.
| A | B | C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byte (B) | Gigabit (Gbit) | |
| 2 | 512 | =A2 * 0.000000008 | |
| 3 |
Download - Excel Template for Byte to Gigabit Conversion
If you want to perform bulk conversion locally in your system, then download and make use of above Excel template.
Python Code for Byte to Gbit Conversion
You can use below code to convert any value in Byte to Gigabit in Python.
gigabit = byte * 8 / (1000*1000*1000)
print("{} Byte = {} Gigabit".format(byte,gigabit))
The first line of code will prompt the user to enter the Byte as an input. The value of Gigabit is calculated on the next line, and the code in third line will display the result.