Category · 6 units

Data rate

Data rate converter - convert between bits, kilobits, megabits and gigabits per second, and megabytes and gigabytes per second.

Active unit

bits per second · ≈ 100 bit/s (base)

All units

5 results
  • bit/sbit per second100
How we calculated this
Target:
Formula
kbit/s = bit/s × 0.001
Calculation
100 × 0.001 = 0.1
Factor
× 0.001

Popular pairs

Good to know

Related articles

A glowing emerald fibre-optic beam splitting into eight thin strands wrapped in a geometric grid, against a cosmic nebula in violet and magenta
Data rate

Bits versus bytes — why your internet downloads eight times slower

You pay for 100 megabits and your browser shows 12 megabytes — and nothing is wrong. Here is where that factor of eight comes from, how baud differs from bits per second, and why a gigabit line will never quite give you 125 MB/s.

11 min

Popular categories

Each category has its own color and dedicated converter.

See all categories →
8 units
Length
From millimeters to miles — SI and imperial units.
8 units
Mass
Grams, kilograms, pounds, ounces and tons.
8 units
Volume
Liters, milliliters, gallons and cups.
4 units
Temperature
Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin.
7 units
Area
Square meters, hectares, acres and square feet.
9 units
Time
Seconds, minutes, hours, days and years.
6 units
Data (SI)
Bits and bytes in the decimal system (kB, MB, GB).
6 units
Speed
Meters per second, km/h, miles per hour and knots.