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Data Storage Converter

See the difference between decimal storage units such as GB and binary units such as GiB.

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Decimal storage units

Kilobytes (kB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB) and terabytes (TB) use powers of 1,000. For example, one GB is 1,000,000,000 bytes.

Binary storage units

Kibibytes (KiB), mebibytes (MiB), gibibytes (GiB) and tebibytes (TiB) use powers of 1,024. One GiB is 1,073,741,824 bytes.

Why drive sizes can look smaller

Storage manufacturers commonly label capacity with decimal units, while some operating systems display binary-sized values using decimal-looking labels. That convention difference can make the reported number appear lower.

Bits are different from bytes

This converter uses bytes and byte-based units. Network speeds are often quoted in bits per second; eight bits equal one byte, before protocol overhead or other real-world limits.