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MB to Gbit - Conversion Formula and Steps

Megabyte and Gigabit are units of digital information used to measure storage capacity and data transfer rate. Both are decimal units. One Megabyte is equal to 1000^2 bytes. One Gigabit is equal to 1000^3 bits. There are 125 Megabytes in one Gigabit. - view the difference between both units

MB to Gbit Converter Image
Source Data UnitTarget Data Unit
Megabyte (MB)
Equal to 1000^2 bytes
(Decimal Unit)
Gigabit (Gbit)
Equal to 1000^3 bits
(Decimal Unit)

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

÷ 1000   
x 8   
Megabyte [MB]
Gigabyte [GB]
Gigabit [Gbit]
  x 1000  
  ÷ 8  

The formula of converting the Megabyte to Gigabit is represented as follows :

Gbit = MB x 8 / 1000

Now let us apply the above formula and, write down the steps to convert from Megabyte (MB) to Gigabit (Gbit). This way, we can try to simplify and reduce to an easy to apply formula.

FORMULA

Gigabit = Megabyte x 8 / 1000

STEP 1

Gigabit = Megabyte x 0.008

Example : If we apply the above Formula and steps, conversion from 10 MB to Gbit, will be processed as below.

  1. = 10 x 8 / 1000
  2. = 10 x 0.008
  3. = 0.08
  4. i.e. 10 MB is equal to 0.08 Gbit.

(Result rounded off to 40 decimal positions.)

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

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Definition : Megabyte

A Megabyte (MB) is a 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.
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Definition : Gigabit

A Gigabit (Gb or Gbit) is a 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.
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Excel Formula to convert from MB to Gbit

Apply the formula as shown below to convert from Megabyte to Gigabit.

 ABC
1Megabyte (MB)Gigabit (Gbit) 
21=A2 * 0.008 
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Python Code for MB to Gbit Conversion

You can use below code to convert any value in Megabyte to Gigabit in Python.

megabyte = int(input("Enter Megabyte: "))
gigabit = megabyte * 8 / 1000
print("{} Megabyte = {} Gigabit".format(megabyte,gigabit))

The first line of code will prompt the user to enter the Megabyte as an input. The value of Gigabit is calculated on the next line, and the code in third line will display the result.