Data Storage Converter
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In SI system metric prefix kilo, mega, giga, tera, peta, exa, zetta and yotta are used for measurement.
But computer data is generally measured in binary code. In December 1998 the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) developed a new international standard of measurement using non-metric prefixes for use in the fields of data processing and data transmission (binary measurements). The prefixes are as follows:
e.g. kibi, mebi, gibi, tebi, pebi, exbi, zebi and yobi.
A kB equals 1,000 bytes while a brand-new unit of measure, the kibibyte (KiB), equals to 1,024 bytes.
1 GB is equal to 0.93 GiB
1 TB is equal to 0.91 TiB
1 TiB is equal to 931 GiB
1 TiB is equal to 1.1 TB
But computer data is generally measured in binary code. In December 1998 the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) developed a new international standard of measurement using non-metric prefixes for use in the fields of data processing and data transmission (binary measurements). The prefixes are as follows:
e.g. kibi, mebi, gibi, tebi, pebi, exbi, zebi and yobi.
A kB equals 1,000 bytes while a brand-new unit of measure, the kibibyte (KiB), equals to 1,024 bytes.
More examples:
1 KB is equal to 0.97 KiB1 GB is equal to 0.93 GiB
1 TB is equal to 0.91 TiB
1 TiB is equal to 931 GiB
1 TiB is equal to 1.1 TB
Here’s a comparison between SI and binary prefix set by IEC:
| Metric prefixes | Binary (IEC) prefixes |
|---|---|
|
Kilobyte (kB) 1,000¹ = 1,000 bytes Megabyte (MB) 1,000² = 1,000,000 bytes Gigabyte (GB) 1,000³ = 1,000,000,000 bytes Terabyte (TB) 1,000⁴ = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes Petabyte (PB) 1,000⁵ = 1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes |
Kibibyte (KiB) 1,024¹ = 1,024 bytes Mebibyte (MiB) 1,024² = 1,048,576 bytes Gibibyte (GiB) 1,024³ = 1,073,741,824 bytes Tebibyte (TiB) 1,024⁴ = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes Pebibyte (PiB) 1,024⁵ = 1,125,899,906,842,620 bytes |