KB

What is a Kilobyte?

Digital Storage Unit

Definition

A kilobyte (KB) is a unit of digital information equal to 1,000 bytes (decimal) or 1,024 bytes (binary).

Popular Kilobyte Conversions

Most common conversions from Kilobytes

1 KB = 8,000 b Kilobyte to Bits 1 KB = 1,000 B Kilobyte to Bytes 1 KB = 0.001 MB Kilobyte to Megabytes 1 KB = 0.000001 GB Kilobyte to Gigabytes 1 KB = 0.000000001 TB Kilobyte to Terabytes 1 KB = 0.000000000001 PB Kilobyte to Petabytes

History

The kilobyte emerged in early computing. The binary interpretation (1,024) comes from 2^10, while modern standards prefer the decimal 1,000.

Common Uses

Small file sizes
Email text content
Simple documents
Cache memory sizes

Fun Facts

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A typical email without attachments is 2-5 KB

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1 KB can store about 1,000 characters of text

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The first computer programs were measured in kilobytes

All Kilobyte Conversions

Kilobytes to Bits KB → b Kilobytes to Bytes KB → B Kilobytes to Megabytes KB → MB Kilobytes to Gigabytes KB → GB Kilobytes to Terabytes KB → TB Kilobytes to Petabytes KB → PB Kilobytes to Kibibytes KB → KiB Kilobytes to Mebibytes KB → MiB Kilobytes to Gibibytes KB → GiB Kilobytes to Tebibytes KB → TiB