Quota: Calculator for Converting between bits, bytes, megs, etc.

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FRII uses many different units to measure disk usage, bandwidth quotas, and transfer rates. If converting between kilobits, megabytes, and terabits is making your head hurt, try our handy conversion calculator.

To use the calculator simply enter the number you would like to convert in the appropriate field. Click the calculate button and the calculator will fill in the rest of the fields with equivalent values. (The calculator will round to 4 significant digits, so values will be approximate.)

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Definitions

Bit

Short for binary digit, the smallest unit of information on a machine. A single bit can hold only one of two values: 0 or 1. There are eight bits in a byte.

Byte

Abbreviation for binary term, a unit of storage capable of holding a single character. On almost all modern computers, a byte is equal to 8 bits. Large amounts of memory are indicated in terms of kilobytes (1,024 bytes), megabytes (1,048,576 bytes), and gigabytes (1,073,741,824 bytes).

Kbps stands for kilobits per second whereas the quota system for total bandwidth usage is measured in Gigabytes per month.

The charts below are estimates. All numbers are rounded to 3 decimal places and 30 is used as the number of days in a month. FRII's system measures much more precisely than the charts below, so there will be some discrepancies.

Gigabytes per Month to Kbps

1	Gigabyte/month	X	1024 (gigabytes to megabytes)	=	1024	Megabytes/month
1024	Megabytes/month	X	1024 (megabytes to kilobytes)	=	1048576	Kilobytes/month
1048576	Kilobytes/month	X	8 (bytes to bits)	=	8388608	Kilobits/month
8388608	Kilobits/month	/	30 (month to days)	=	279620.267	Kilobits/day
279620.266	Kilobits/day	/	24 (days to hours)	=	11650.844	Kilobits/hour
11650.844	Kilobits/hour	/	60 (hours to minutes)	=	194.181	Kilobits/minutes
194.181	Kilobits/minutes	/	60 (minutes to seconds)	=	3.236	Kilobits/second

Kbps to Gigabytes per Month

10	Kilobits/second	X	60 (seconds to minutes)	=	600	Kilobits/minute
600	Kilobits/minute	X	60 (minutes to hours)	=	36000	Kilobits/hour
36000	Kilobits/hour	X	24 (hours to days)	=	864000	Kilobits/day
864000	Kilobits/day	X	30 (days to months)	=	25920000	Kilobits/month
25920000	Kilobits/month	/	8 (bits to bytes)	=	3240000	Kilobytes/month
3240000	Kilobytes/month	/	1024 (kilobytes to megabytes)	=	3164.063	Megabytes/month
3164.063	Megabytes/month	/	1024 (megabytes to gigabytes)	=	3.09	Gigabytes/month

Last modified 1/21/2007

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