Unit kB [Binary]
Name kilobyte
Category Data
Details In the field of Data, kB [Binary] stands for kilobyte, which is a unit of digital information or computer storage. A binary kilobyte consists of 1024 bytes, where each byte contains 8 bits. This is because, in binary systems, the base is 2, so kilobyte means 2 to the power of 10, which equals 1024.

Traditionally, the kilobyte has been used to represent approximately 1000 bytes (10^3 bytes) in some contexts. However, due to the binary nature of computer systems, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standardized the usage of kibi, as a prefix for binary multiples in 1998, to reduce confusion.

Thus, the binary kilobyte (kB) has been replaced with the kibibyte (KiB) in some fields. Similarly, 1 kibibyte (1 KiB) equals 1024 bytes or 2^10 bytes. The kilobyte (kB) remains in use for expressing file sizes and data transfer rates in some areas, like hard drive capacities and network speeds, where the decimal power-of-10-based notation is more prevalent.
kB [Binary](kilobyte) to B(byte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to bit(bit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to EB [Binary](exabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to EB [SI](exabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Ebit [Binary](exabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Ebit [SI](exabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to EiB(exbibyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Eibit(exbibit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to GB [Binary](gigabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to GB [SI](gigabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Gbit [Binary](gigabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Gbit [SI](gigabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to GiB(gibibyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Gibit(gibibit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to kB [SI](kilobyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to kbit [Binary](kilobit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to kbit [SI](kilobit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to KiB(kibibyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Kibit(kibibit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to MB [Binary](megabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to MB [SI](megabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Mbit [Binary](megabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Mbit [SI](megabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to MiB(mebibyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Mibit(mebibit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to PB [Binary](petabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to PB [SI](petabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Pbit [Binary](petabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Pbit [SI](petabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to PiB(pebibyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Pibit(pebibit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to TB [Binary](terabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to TB [SI](terabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Tbit [Binary](terabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Tbit [SI](terabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to TiB(tebibyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Tibit(tebibit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to YB [Binary](yottabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to YB [SI](yottabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Ybit [Binary](yottabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Ybit [SI](yottabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to YiB(yobibyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Yibit(yobibit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to ZB [Binary](zettabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to ZB [SI](zettabyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Zbit [Binary](zettabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Zbit [SI](zettabit)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to ZiB(zebibyte)kB [Binary](kilobyte) to Zibit(zebibit)
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