Kilobytes to Kilobits Conversion - 1000 kB to kbit

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Kilobyte (kB) to Kilobit (kbit) Conversion Formula and Steps

Source Data Unit Target Data Unit
Kilobyte
Equal to 1000 bytes
(Decimal Unit)
Kilobit
Equal to 1000 bits
(Decimal Unit)

Below conversion diagram will help you to visualize the Kilobyte to Kilobit calculation steps in a simplified manner.

÷ 8   
Kilobit [kbit]
Kilobyte [kB]
  x 8  


The formula of converting the Kilobyte (kB) to Kilobit (kbit) is represented as follows :

kbit = kB x 8

Now let us apply the above formula and see how to manually convert Kilobyte (kB) to Kilobit (kbit). We can further simplify the formula to ease the calculation.

FORMULA

Kilobits = Kilobytes x 8

If we apply the above Formula and steps, conversion from 1000 Kilobyte (kB) to Kilobit (kbit) will be processed as below.

  1. = 1,000 x 8
  2. = 8,000
  3. i.e. 1,000 kB is equal to 8,000 kbit.

Note : Result rounded off to 40 decimal positions.

You can use above formula and steps to convert Kilobytes to Kilobits using any of the programming language such as Java, Python or Powershell.

Unit Definitions

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.
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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.
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Excel Formula to convert from Kilobyte (kB) to Kilobit (kbit)

Apply the formula as shown below to convert from 1000 Kilobyte (kB) to Kilobit (kbit).

  A B C
1 Kilobyte (kB) Kilobit (kbit)  
2 1000 =A2 * 8  
3      

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Python Code for Kilobyte (kB) to Kilobit (kbit) Conversion

You can use below code to convert any value in Kilobyte (kB) to Kilobyte (kB) in Python.

kilobytes = int(input("Enter Kilobytes: "))
kilobits = kilobytes * 8
print("{} Kilobytes = {} Kilobits".format(kilobytes,kilobits))

The first line of code will prompt the user to enter the Kilobyte (kB) as an input. The value of Kilobit (kbit) is calculated on the next line, and the code in third line will display the result.

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