1 kibibyte
1.024 kBData · 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 kibibyte?
Documents
1 KiB
1,024 Bbytes
1.024 × 10⁻⁶ GBgigabytes
9.5367 × 10⁻⁷ GiBgibibytes
1.024 × 10⁻⁹ TBterabytes
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1 kibibyte1.024 kBData · definition
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Text page3 kBData · example
Bar length represents bytes. The physical sizes of devices are schematic; encoding and compression affect file sizes.
A little perspective
Text page has about 2.93 times the data of 1 kibibyte.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
1 kibibyte
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.
Text page
A defined 3,000-byte UTF-8 text page using single-byte characters; formatting and embedded fonts excluded.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked data is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Measurement details
Why these numbers?
The visual compares data with data. The records below preserve each value’s basis and caveats.
Text page
3 kBData · example
A defined 3,000-byte UTF-8 text page using single-byte characters; formatting and embedded fonts excluded.
- Comparing
- Data ↔ Data
- Relative size
- Text page is larger on this measurement by a factor of about 2.93. Text page's selected measurement is approximately 193% greater than 1 kibibyte's.
How to read the visual
The labelled spans and stored measurements determine the scale; unmeasured illustration details do not.
- Text page is labelled example; treat the displayed value as a comparison anchor rather than false precision.
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