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Data Transfer Speed (SI) Unit Converter

Last updated: Saturday, April 29, 2023
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Data transfer speed using non-binary units is typically measured in decimal units, such as kilobytes per second (KB/s), megabytes per second (MB/s), and gigabytes per second (GB/s). Here are a couple of real-life examples of data transfer speeds using non-binary units:

Hard drive transfer speed: The transfer speed of a hard drive is often measured in MB/s or GB/s. For example, a solid-state drive (SSD) can have a transfer speed of up to 550 MB/s, which means that you can transfer up to 550 megabytes of data per second between the hard drive and your computer.

Blu-ray disc transfer speed: The transfer speed of a Blu-ray disc is typically measured in MB/s. For instance, a 4x speed Blu-ray disc can transfer up to 18 MB/s, which means that you can transfer up to 18 megabytes of data per second from the disc to your computer.

Download speed of applications: When you download an application from the internet, the download speed is often measured in MB/s or KB/s. For example, if you are downloading a large file from the internet and your download speed is 5 MB/s, this means that you can download up to 5 megabytes of data every second.

The SI unit of Data Transfer Speed (SI) is byte / second [ B / s ]
Total number of units: base units (2) - derived units (880)
Total possible conversions: base units (2) - derived units (773,520)
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\(1.0\left(\dfrac{byte}{second}\right)={\color{rgb(20,165,174)} x}\left(\dfrac{byte}{second}\right)\)
yocto
[ y ]
zepto
[ z ]
atto
[ a ]
femto
[ f ]
pico
[ p ]
nano
[ n ]
micro
[ µ ]
milli
[ m ]
centi
[ c ]
deci
[ d ]
one
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deca
[ da ]
hecto
[ h ]
kilo
[ k ]
mega
[ M ]
giga
[ G ]
tera
[ T ]
peta
[ P ]
exa
[ E ]
zetta
[ Z ]
yotta
[ Y ]
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bit / second
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byte / second
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