What is kilobyte (decimal)?

A kilobyte in the decimal (SI) system is a data unit equal to 1,000 bytes. It is used by storage manufacturers and network providers to express file sizes and data transfer rates.

What is byte?

A byte is a fundamental unit of digital information, typically comprising 8 bits. It is the standard unit for measuring file size, storage capacity, and data transfer quantities in computing.

Worked examples

1 kilobyte (decimal) = 1,000 byte

1 byte = 1 byte

More Data conversions

• Convert kilobyte (decimal) to byte
• Convert kilobyte (decimal) to megabyte (decimal)
• Convert kilobyte (decimal) to gigabyte (decimal)
• Convert kilobyte (decimal) to terabyte (decimal)
• Convert kilobyte (decimal) to bit
• Convert kilobyte (decimal) to kibibyte (binary)
• Convert kilobyte (decimal) to mebibyte (binary)
• Convert kilobyte (decimal) to gibibyte (binary)
• Convert kilobyte (decimal) to tebibyte (binary)

Assumption: both decimal (kB, MB, GB, TB) and binary (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB) units are included.