1 bit
0.125 BData · definition
Decimal kB, MB and GB use powers of 1,000. KiB, MiB and GiB use powers of 1,024. The content of a file depends on encoding and compression.
Data & storage
Just how much data is 1 bit?
Characters
1 bit
BYTES OF DATA
1 bit
Decimal kB, MB and GB use powers of 1,000.
0.125 BData
0
Single binary flag
A single binary flag is a data unit that can represent one of two possible states, such as true or false.
0.125 BOne-bit information content
0
Bar length represents bytes. The physical sizes of devices are schematic; encoding and compression affect file sizes.
A little perspective
1 bit is approximately equal to the one-bit information content of a single binary flag.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
1 bit
Data: 0.125 B; definition.
Decimal kB, MB and GB use powers of 1,000. KiB, MiB and GiB use powers of 1,024. The content of a file depends on encoding and compression.
Single binary flag
One-bit information content: 0.125 B; exact conversion.
A binary flag carries one bit of information, equivalent to one eighth of a byte; actual storage allocation is implementation-dependent.
One bit expressed as exactly 0.125 byte; this is information size, not the memory allocation used to store a flag.
The marked one-bit information content is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Measurement details
Why these numbers?
Compare 1 bit with the one-bit information content of a single binary flag. The notes below explain how each value was chosen.
Single binary flag
0.125 BOne-bit information content · exact conversion
A binary flag carries one bit of information, equivalent to one eighth of a byte; actual storage allocation is implementation-dependent.
- Comparing
- Data ↔ One-bit information content
- Relative size
- 1 bit is approximately equal to the one-bit information content of a single binary flag.
How to read the visual
The diagram uses the recorded measurements. Details outside the marked spans do not set the scale.
- Single binary flag: One bit expressed as exactly 0.125 byte; this is information size, not the memory allocation used to store a flag.
Data size depends on encoding and compression; decimal GB and binary GiB are different units.
0.125 Bbytes
1.25 × 10⁻¹⁰ GBgigabytes
1.1642 × 10⁻¹⁰ GiBgibibytes
1.25 × 10⁻¹³ TBterabytes
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