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Kilobytes to Bits Converter

Convert kilobytes (kB) to bits (bit), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

Change the values and press Calculate to work out your own figures.

Enter an amount of data, choose its unit and the unit you want. The answer is exact until it is shown, and the same value appears in every other unit.

A number, fraction (3/8), mixed number (1 1/2), scientific notation (2.5e6) or a simple sum such as 2*3.
The unit you want the answer in. Swap exchanges the two units.
Result
8,000 bit
nibbles
2,000 nibble
bytes
1,000 B
kilobits
8 kbit
megabits
0.008 Mbit
gigabits
8 × 10⁻⁶ Gbit
terabits
8 × 10⁻⁹ Tbit
petabits
8 × 10⁻¹² Pbit
exabits
8 × 10⁻¹⁵ Ebit
megabytes
0.001 MB
gigabytes
1 × 10⁻⁶ GB
terabytes
1 × 10⁻⁹ TB
petabytes
1 × 10⁻¹² PB
exabytes
1 × 10⁻¹⁵ EB
kibibits
7.8125 Kibit
mebibits
0.00762939453125 Mibit
gibibits
7.45058059692 × 10⁻⁶ Gibit
tebibits
7.27595761418 × 10⁻⁹ Tibit
pebibits
7.1054273576 × 10⁻¹² Pibit
exbibits
6.93889390391 × 10⁻¹⁵ Eibit
kibibytes
0.9765625 KiB
mebibytes
0.000953674316406 MiB
gibibytes
9.31322574615 × 10⁻⁷ GiB
tebibytes
9.09494701773 × 10⁻¹⁰ TiB
pebibytes
8.881784197 × 10⁻¹³ PiB
exbibytes
8.67361737988 × 10⁻¹⁶ EiB

1 kB = 8,000 bit

Show the working
  1. 1 kB = 8000 bit
  2. 1 × 8000 = 8000 bit

How to convert kilobytes to bits

1 kB = 8,000 bit, so multiply by 8,000 to go from kilobytes to bits. Going the other way, 1 bit = 0.000125 kB.

bit = kB × 8,000
kB = bit × 0.000125

Worked example:

1 kB = 8000 bit
5 × 8000 = 40000 bit

Kilobytes to bits table

KilobytesBits
1 kB8,000 bit
2 kB16,000 bit
3 kB24,000 bit
4 kB32,000 bit
5 kB40,000 bit
6 kB48,000 bit
7 kB56,000 bit
8 kB64,000 bit
9 kB72,000 bit
10 kB80,000 bit
15 kB120,000 bit
20 kB160,000 bit
25 kB200,000 bit
30 kB240,000 bit
40 kB320,000 bit
50 kB400,000 bit
75 kB600,000 bit
100 kB800,000 bit
250 kB2,000,000 bit
500 kB4,000,000 bit
1000 kB8,000,000 bit

About the units

Kilobytes (kB)
Kilobytes, a metric unit. Decimal (SI) kilobyte = 1000^1 bytes. Many operating systems label the binary kibibyte (KiB) as 'kB'. Definition: NIST: Prefixes for binary multiples (IEC 80000-13).
Bits (bit)
Bits, a specialised unit. Definition: NIST: Prefixes for binary multiples (IEC 80000-13).

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