1 kilobyte
1 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 kilobyte?
Documents
1 kB
BYTES OF DATA
1 kilobyte
Decimal kB, MB and GB use powers of 1,000.
1 kBData
0
Text page
A digital file containing one page of plain text characters without formatting or embedded fonts.
3 kBData
0
Bar length represents bytes. The physical sizes of devices are schematic; encoding and compression affect file sizes.
A little perspective
The data size of a text page is about 3 times 1 kilobyte.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
1 kilobyte
Data: 1 kB; 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.
Text page
Data: 3 kB; example.
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?
Compare 1 kilobyte with the data size of a text page. The notes below explain how each value was chosen.
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
- The data size of a text page is about 3 times 1 kilobyte. The data size of a text page is approximately 200% greater than 1 kilobyte.
How to read the visual
The diagram uses the recorded measurements. Details outside the marked spans do not set the scale.
- The data size of a text page: This is an illustrative comparison value, not a claim that every example is the same.
Data size depends on encoding and compression; decimal GB and binary GiB are different units.
1,000 Bbytes
1 × 10⁻⁶ GBgigabytes
9.3132 × 10⁻⁷ GiBgibibytes
1 × 10⁻⁹ TBterabytes
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