Digital Storage Conversion Formulas

Complete formulas for converting between different digital storage units including bytes, KB, MB, GB, and TB.

💾 Binary vs Decimal Storage

Binary (Base 2)

1 KB = 1,024 bytes = 2¹⁰
1 MB = 1,024 KB = 2²⁰
1 GB = 1,024 MB = 2³⁰
1 TB = 1,024 GB = 2⁴⁰
Used by: Operating systems, RAM

Decimal (Base 10)

1 KB = 1,000 bytes = 10³
1 MB = 1,000 KB = 10⁶
1 GB = 1,000 MB = 10⁹
1 TB = 1,000 GB = 10¹²
Used by: Hard drive manufacturers

🔢 Conversion Examples

Binary Conversions

8 GB RAM
512 MB to KB

Decimal Conversions

1 TB Hard Drive
500 GB to MB