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Multiples of bits
SI prefixes Binary prefixes
Name Symbol Multiple Name Symbol Multiple
kilobit kbit 103 (or 210) kibibit Kibit 210
megabit Mbit 106 (or 220) mebibit Mibit 220
gigabit Gbit 109 (or 230) gibibit Gibit 230
terabit Tbit 1012 (or 240) tebibit Tibit 240
petabit Pbit 1015 (or 250) pebibit Pibit 250
exabit Ebit 1018 (or 260) exbibit Eibit 260
zettabit Zbit 1021 (or 270)
yottabit Ybit 1024 (or 280)

A kilobit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated kbit or sometimes kb. This article is about the unit of information. ... An SI prefix is a prefix which can be applied to any unit of the International System of Units (SI) to give subdivisions and multiples of that unit. ... In computing, binary prefixes can be used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten. ... (Redirected from 1 E3) For the techno single by Moby, see Thousand (single). ... A kibibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... The megabit is a unit of information storage, commonly abbreviated Mbit. 1 megabit = 106 = 1 000 000 bits or 220 = 1 048 576 bits (see Binary prefix). ... (Redirected from 1 E6) One million (1000000), one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999999 and preceding 1000001. ... A mebibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... A gigabit is a unit of information or computer storage, commonly abbreviated Gb. 1 gigabit = 109 = 1 000 000 000 bits or 230 (= 1024 Mb = 1 048 576 Kb) = 1 073 741 824 bits (see Binary prefix). ... To help compare orders of magnitude this page lists dimensionless numbers between 109 and 1012. ... A gibibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... A terabit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... To help compare orders of magnitude this page lists dimensionless numbers between 1012 and 1015: See also Orders of magnitude (numbers) Categories: Stub | Orders of magnitude (numbers) ... A tebibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... A petabit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... (Redirected from 1 E15) This list compares various sizes of positive numbers, including counts of things, dimensionless numbers and probabilities. ... A pebibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... An exabit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... (Redirected from 1 E18) This list compares various sizes of positive numbers, including counts of things, dimensionless numbers and probabilities. ... A exbibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... A zettabit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... To help compare orders of magnitude this page lists dimensionless numbers between 1021 and 1024. ... A yottabit (derived from the SI prefix yotta) is a unit of measurement in computers of one million million million million (American septillion, European quadrillion) bits. ... 1 E24 (1024) is the scientific notation for a quadrillion in traditional European usage. ...


1 kilobit = 103 = 1,000 bits or 210 = 1,024 bits (see Binary prefix). This article is about the unit of information. ... This article is about the unit of information. ... In computing, binary prefixes can be used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten. ...


It is used most commonly to express internet connection speeds, e.g. a 56 kilobit/s PSTN or 512 kilobit/s broadband connection. Telecommunications engineers use the 1,000 bit definition uniformly. The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the concatenation of the worlds public circuit-switched telephone networks, in much the same way that the Internet is the concatenation of the worlds public IP-based packet-switched networks. ... Broadband in general refers to data transmission where multiple pieces of data are sent simultaneously to increase the effective rate of transmission. ... Telecommunication is the extension of communication over a distance. ...


The kilobit is closely related to the kibibit, which is unambiguously equal to 210 = 1,024 bits. A kibibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ...


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Kilobit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (158 words)
A kilobit is a unit of information, abbreviated kbit, sometimes also kb.
In the context of telecommunication transmission speeds, the decimal definition 1 kbit = 1000 bit is used uniformly.
The kilobit is closely related to the kibibit, which is unambiguously equal to 2
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