Kilobyte
Abbreviated as K, kB, KB, K-byte, and KByte, a kilobyte was initially equal to 1,024 bytes because of base 2. However, in 1998, the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) approved standard 60027-2, which defined 1,024 bytes as a kibibyte and not a kilobyte. Today, a kilobyte equals 1,000 bytes, and a kibibyte equals 1,024 bytes.
What comes before a kilobyte?
A byte comes before a kilobyte.
What comes after a kilobyte?
A megabyte comes after a kilobyte.
Converting kilobytes to another unit
Below is a listing of kilobyte values where a kilobyte is considered 1,000 bytes. Using this chart, you can find how many kilobytes are in other measurements. For example, you can see 1,000 kilobytes in a megabyte. For measurements that are smaller than a kilobyte, the decimal value is shown.
See our kibibyte (KiB) definition for a listing of kibibyte values where a kibibyte equals 1,024 bytes.
| Kilobyte (KB) | Value |
|---|---|
| Kilobyte in a Bit (b) | 0.000125 |
| Kilobyte in a Nibble (N) | 0.00048828125 |
| Kilobyte in a Byte (B) | 0.001 |
| Kilobyte in a Kilobit (Kb) | 0.125 |
| Kilobyte in a Kilobyte (KB) | 1 |
| Kilobyte in a Kibibit (Kibit) | 0.128 |
| Kilobyte in a Kibibyte (KiB) | 1.024 |
| Kilobytes in a Megabit (Mb) | 125 |
| Kilobytes in a Megabyte (MB) | 1,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Mebibit (Mibit) | 131.072 |
| Kilobytes in a Mebibyte (MiB) | 1,048.58 |
| Kilobytes in a Gigabit (Gb) | 125,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Gigabyte (GB) | 1,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Gibibit (Gibit) | 134,218 |
| Kilobytes in a Gibibyte (GiB) | 1,074,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Terabit (Tb) | 125,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Terabyte (TB) | 1,000,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Tebibit (Tibit) | 137,400,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Tebibyte (TiB) | 1,100,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Petabit (Pb) | 125,000,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Petabyte (PB) | 1,000,000,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Pebibit (Pibit) | 140,700,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Pebibyte (PiB) | 1,126,000,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in an Exabit (Eb) | 125,000,000,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in an Exabyte (EB) | 1,000,000,000,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in an Exbibit (Eibit) | 144,115,188,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in an Exbibyte (EiB) | 1,152,921,500,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Zettabyte (ZB) | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
| Kilobytes in a Yottabyte (YB) | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
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