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    Bits & Bytes - The Difference

    Essentially, lowercase 'b' means 'bit'. A 'bit' is either a 1 or a 0. A 'byte' consists of 8 of these 'bits'. For example: 01000000 is a byte, consisting of 8 bits.

    You've got it: one bit is an eigth of a byte. Be careful when comparing speeds and sizes, as a difference of magnitude-eight is pretty significant.

    b = bit
    B = Byte
    Kib = kibibit
    kb = kilobit
    KiB = kibibyte
    kB = kilobyte
    Mb = megabit
    MiB = mebibyte
    MB = megabyte
    Gb = gigabit
    GiB = gibibyte
    GB = gigabyte
    Tb = terabit
    TiB = tebibyte
    TB = terabyte

    ... as far as speeds are concerned:

    bs = bit/s
    Bs = Byte/s
    Kibs = kibibit/s
    kbs = kilobit/s
    KiBs = kibibyte/s
    kBs = kilobyte/s
    Mbs = megabit/s
    MiBs = mebibyte/s
    MBs = megabyte/s
    Gbs = gigabit/s
    GiBs = gibibyte/s
    GBs = gigabyte/s
    Tbs = terabit/s
    TiBs = tebibyte/s
    TBs = terabyte/s

    Usually your ISP will advertise your speed in in Mb/s(megabits/s).

    For example your package with 20Mb/s is actually about 2.6MB/s. (Megabits -> Megabytes)

    1000 bit = 1 kilobit
    1000 kilobit = 1 megabit
    1000 megabit = 1 gigabit
    1000 gigabit = 1 terabit

    1024 bits = 1 kibibit
    1024 byte = 1 kibibyte
    1024 kibibyte = 1 mebibyte
    1024 mebibyte = 1 gibibyte
    1024 gibibyte = 1 tebibyte

    8 bit = 1 byte
    1024 byte = 1 kilobyte
    1024 kilobyte = 1 megabyte
    1024 megabyte = 1 gigabyte
    1024 gigabyte = 1 terabyte

    1 kilobit = 1024 bit = 125 byte
    1 megabit = 1024 kilobit = 125 kilobyte
    1 gigabit = 1024 megabit = 125000 kilobyte
    1 terabit = 1024 gigabit = 125000000 kilobyte

    Hopefully by now you have the gist of thigns. Here are a few examples for some known connection packages:

    256kilobit/s(256kbs) = 32kilobyte/s or 32kB/s or
    512kilobit/s(512kbs) = 64kilobyte or 64kB/s or
    768kilobit/s(768kbs) = 96kilobyte or 96kB/s or
    1mbit/s(1mbs/1mbits) = 125kilobyte or 125kB/s or
    10mbit/s(10mbs/10mbits) = 1250kilobyte or 1250kB/s
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