10 kilobytes
10 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
Documents
BYTES OF DATA
Decimal kB, MB and GB use powers of 1,000.
A digital file containing one page of plain text characters without formatting or embedded fonts.
A little perspective
10 kilobytes is about 3.33 times the data size of a text page.
Data: 10 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.
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
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Measurement details
Compare 10 kilobytes with the data size of a text page. The notes below explain how each value was chosen.
Data · 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 · example
A defined 3,000-byte UTF-8 text page using single-byte characters; formatting and embedded fonts excluded.
The diagram uses the recorded measurements. Details outside the marked spans do not set the scale.
Data size depends on encoding and compression; decimal GB and binary GiB are different units.
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