Which is bigger, Kilobyte or Bit?

Kilobyte is bigger than Bit. One Kilobyte contains 8,000 Bits.

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Decimal (SI Standard)	Binary (IEC Standard)
1 Kilobit = 10³ or 1000 Bits	1 Kilobyte = 10³ or 1000 Bytes	1 Kibibit = 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bits	1 Kibibyte = 2¹⁰ or 1024 Bytes
1 Megabit = 10⁶ or 1000² Bits	1 Megabyte = 10⁶ or 1000² Bytes	1 Mebibit = 2²⁰ or 1024² Bits	1 Mebibyte = 2²⁰ or 1024² Bytes
1 Gigabit = 10⁹ or 1000³ Bits	1 Gigabyte = 10⁹ or 1000³ Bytes	1 Gibibit = 2³⁰ or 1024³ Bits	1 Gibibyte = 2³⁰ or 1024³ Bytes
1 Terabit = 10¹² or 1000⁴ Bits	1 Terabyte = 10¹² or 1000⁴ Bytes	1 Tebibit = 2⁴⁰ or 1024⁴ Bits	1 Tebibyte = 2⁴⁰ or 1024⁴ Bytes
1 Petabit = 10¹⁵ or 1000⁵ Bits	1 Petabyte = 10¹⁵ or 1000⁵ Bytes	1 Pebibit = 2⁵⁰ or 1024⁵ Bits	1 Pebibyte = 2⁵⁰ or 1024⁵ Bytes
1 Exabit = 10¹⁸ or 1000⁶ Bits	1 Exabyte = 10¹⁸ or 1000⁶ Bytes	1 Exbibit = 2⁶⁰ or 1024⁶ Bits	1 Exbibyte = 2⁶⁰ or 1024⁶ Bytes
1 Zettabit = 10²¹ or 1000⁷ Bits	1 Zettabyte = 10²¹ or 1000⁷ Bytes	1 Zebibit = 2⁷⁰ or 1024⁷ Bits	1 Zebibyte = 2⁷⁰ or 1024⁷ Bytes
1 Yottabit = 10²⁴ or 1000⁸ Bits	1 Yottabyte = 10²⁴ or 1000⁸ Bytes	1 Yobibit = 2⁸⁰ or 1024⁸ Bits	1 Yobibyte = 2⁸⁰ or 1024⁸ Bytes

kB to Bits Calculator - Convert Kilobyte to Bit

Q: How to convert from Kilobyte to Bit?

Kilobyte converted to Bits by multiplying with 8x1000 . In short, we can just multiply Kilobyte with 8000 to get the value in Bit.

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Enter the value in Kilobyte and press Enter. ( eg: 1, 10, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 1024, 2048 )

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kB to Bits conversion tool helps you convert the digital data storage units from Kilobyte to Bit. Type the value in kB and press CONVERT button. The calculator will process the conversion from Kilobyte to Bit with the highest accuracy and display the result. Use the Copy button to copy the result to clipboard or Swap the conversion to change the conversion direction ie, Bit to Kilobyte.

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Difference between Kilobyte and Bit (kB vs Bits)

Kilobyte (kB)

One Kilobyte is 10³ or 1000 Bytes.
Kilobyte is a decimal unit defined as per SI standard.
The unit symbol for Kilobyte is kB.
Kilobyte is not same as Kibibyte (KiB) that contains 1024 bytes.
1000 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte (MB).

Bit (b)

Bit (binary digit) is the most basic unit of information in digital computing and communications systems.
Bit is the smallest unit to represent digital data.
A bit represents a logical state with one of two possible values either 1 or 0.
The unit symbol for bit is b.

How to convert Kilobyte to Bit?

Below formula is used convert from Kilobyte (kB) to Bit (b) in the above kB to b Calculator.

kB to b Conversion Formula :

Bit = Kilobyte x (8x1000)
or
Bit = Kilobyte x 8000

Kilobyte to Bit Conversion Steps : Kilobyte converted to Bits by multiplying with 8x1000. In short, we can just multiply Kilobyte with 8000 to get the value in Bit.

kB -> Bits -> Nibble -> Bytes Conversion Table

Value of Kilobyte (kB)	in Bit (b)	in Nibble - 4 bits	in Byte (B) - 8 bits
1 kB	8,000 Bits	2,000 Nibble	1,000 Bytes
2 kB	16,000 Bits	4,000 Nibble	2,000 Bytes
3 kB	24,000 Bits	6,000 Nibble	3,000 Bytes
4 kB	32,000 Bits	8,000 Nibble	4,000 Bytes
6 kB	48,000 Bits	12,000 Nibble	6,000 Bytes
7 kB	56,000 Bits	14,000 Nibble	7,000 Bytes
8 kB	64,000 Bits	16,000 Nibble	8,000 Bytes
9 kB	72,000 Bits	18,000 Nibble	9,000 Bytes
10 kB	80,000 Bits	20,000 Nibble	10,000 Bytes
100 kB	800,000 Bits	200,000 Nibble	100,000 Bytes
256 kB	2,048,000 Bits	512,000 Nibble	256,000 Bytes
500 kB	4,000,000 Bits	1,000,000 Nibble	500,000 Bytes
512 kB	4,096,000 Bits	1,024,000 Nibble	512,000 Bytes
1000 kB	8,000,000 Bits	2,000,000 Nibble	1,000,000 Bytes
1024 kB	8,192,000 Bits	2,048,000 Nibble	1,024,000 Bytes
2048 kB	16,384,000 Bits	4,096,000 Nibble	2,048,000 Bytes
5000 kB	40,000,000 Bits	10,000,000 Nibble	5,000,000 Bytes
10000 kB	80,000,000 Bits	20,000,000 Nibble	10,000,000 Bytes