Kibibytes (KiB)
The kibibyte (KiB) is 2^10 = 1,024 bytes, a binary multiple defined by the IEC in 1998 to end the confusion over whether a kilobyte, megabyte and so on means a power of 1,000 or of 1,024.
Convert kibibytes to any data unit
1 kibibyte = 0.000001024 gigabytes
Quick facts
- Unit
- Kibibyte (plural: kibibytes)
- Symbol
- KiB
- Measures
- Information / Data
- System
- Binary (IEC)
- Equals
- 1,024 bytes
- Definition
- 2^10 bytes (1,024 bytes).
1 kibibyte in other units
| Gigabytes | 0.000001024 GB |
| Megabytes | 0.001024 MB |
| Bytes | 1,024 B |
| Terabytes | 1.024 × 10-9 TB |
| Bits | 8,192 bit |
| Kilobytes | 1.024 kB |
| Gigabits | 0.000008192 Gbit |
| Megabits | 0.008192 Mbit |
What is a kibibyte?
The kibibyte (KiB) is 2^10 = 1,024 bytes, a binary multiple defined by the IEC in 1998 to end the confusion over whether a kilobyte, megabyte and so on means a power of 1,000 or of 1,024. Operating systems such as Windows show sizes in these binary units while labelling them with the decimal names.
Where the kibibyte sits among data units
The kibibyte is number 18 of 64 on our scale of data units, ordered from smallest to largest.
Kibibytes in real life
One kibibyte is about 3.7 tweets, or about 51% of a page of plain text, or about 1,024 characters of text.
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Common amounts of kibibytes
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Bits & bytes
- KiB to B
- KiB to bit
- KiB to nibble
- KiB to o
- KiB to block
- KiB to word (16-bit)
- KiB to DWORD
- KiB to QWORD
- KiB to crumb
- KiB to memory page
- KiB to octaword
Decimal (SI)
- KiB to GB
- KiB to MB
- KiB to TB
- KiB to kB
- KiB to Gbit
- KiB to Mbit
- KiB to Tbit
- KiB to kbit
- KiB to PB
- KiB to Pbit
- KiB to EB
- KiB to Ebit
- KiB to ZB
- KiB to YB
- KiB to Zbit
- KiB to Ybit
- KiB to QB
- KiB to RB
- KiB to Qbit
- KiB to Rbit
Binary (IEC)
- KiB to GiB
- KiB to MiB
- KiB to TiB
- KiB to PiB
- KiB to Gibit
- KiB to Mibit
- KiB to EiB
- KiB to Kibit
- KiB to Tibit
- KiB to YiB
- KiB to ZiB
- KiB to Pibit
- KiB to Eibit
- KiB to Yibit
- KiB to Zibit
Legacy binary (JEDEC)
Information theory
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Frequently asked questions
What is a kibibyte?
The kibibyte (KiB) is 2^10 = 1,024 bytes, a binary multiple defined by the IEC in 1998 to end the confusion over whether a kilobyte, megabyte and so on means a power of 1,000 or of 1,024.
How is the kibibyte defined?
2^10 bytes (1,024 bytes).
How many gigabytes are in a kibibyte?
One kibibyte equals 0.000001024 gigabytes.
How many megabytes are in a kibibyte?
One kibibyte equals 0.001024 megabytes.
How many bytes are in a kibibyte?
One kibibyte equals 1,024 bytes.