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Data converters

14 converters. Bits, bytes, megabytes, gigabytes and more, decimal and binary, each with the formula and the math worked out with your numbers.

File sizes

Binary units

Bits & bytes

Data units at a glance

Unit Symbol In bytes Defined as
Bit bit 0.125 1/8 B
Megabit Mb 125,000 1,000,000 bit
Byte B 1 8 bit
Kilobyte kB 1,000 1,000 B
Megabyte MB 1,000,000 1,000 kB
Gigabyte GB 1,000,000,000 1,000 MB
Terabyte TB 1,000,000,000,000 1,000 GB
Kibibyte KiB 1,024 1,024 B
Mebibyte MiB 1,048,576 1,024 KiB
Gibibyte GiB 1,073,741,824 1,024 MiB
Tebibyte TiB 1,099,511,627,776 1,024 GiB

Storage makers count in thousands (1 GB = 1,000 MB), while many computers count in 1,024s and call the result “GB” too. The binary units (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB) make that difference explicit.