Definition: Megabyte is a unit of digital information storage equal to 1,000,000 bytes (decimal system) or 1,048,576 bytes (binary system).
History/origin: Standard measure for larger file sizes and memory capacities.
Current use: Used to describe medium-sized files, RAM size, and storage capacity.
Definition: Kilobyte is a unit of digital information storage equal to 1,000 bytes (decimal system) or 1,024 bytes (binary system).
History/origin: Used as a basic unit for measuring small file sizes and memory.
Current use: Commonly used to describe sizes of small files, cache sizes, and memory blocks.
| Megabytes (MB) | Kilobytes (KB) |
|---|---|
| 0.500 | 512 |
| 1.000 | 1024 |
| 2.000 | 2048 |
| 5.000 | 5120 |
| 10.000 | 10240 |
| 50.000 | 51200 |
| 100.000 | 102400 |
| 256.000 | 262144 |
| 512.000 | 524288 |
| 1024.000 | 1048576 |
1 megabyte = 1024 kilobytes
Example: convert 2 MB to KB:
2 × 1024 = 2048 KB