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Digital Storage Converter
Convert between 11 digital storage units.
Supported Units
| Unit | Symbol | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bits | b | A single 1 or 0. |
| bytes | B | 8 bits, one character. |
| kilobytes | KB | 1,000 bytes. |
| megabytes | MB | 1,000 KB. |
| gigabytes | GB | 1,000 MB. |
| terabytes | TB | 1,000 GB. |
| petabytes | PB | 1,000 TB. |
| kibibytes | KiB | Binary kilobyte (1024 bytes). |
| mebibytes | MiB | Binary megabyte (1024 KiB). |
| gibibytes | GiB | Binary gigabyte (1024 MiB). |
| tebibytes | TiB | Binary terabyte (1024 GiB). |
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About Digital Storage Conversions
Digital storage conversion is a source of constant confusion due to the 'binary vs decimal' battle. Hard drive manufacturers sell '1 Terabyte' as 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. But Windows reads that same drive as '931 Gigabytes'. Why? Because Windows uses binary math (1024), while marketing uses decimal (1000). Our converter navigates this mess, supporting Bits, Bytes, KB, MB, GB, TB, and their binary cousins KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB. Whether you are buying an iPhone, building a PC, or provisioning a cloud server, check the real capacity here.