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what is the short form of kilobytes and megabytes ?

2007-02-06 00:42:37 · 12 answers · asked by febin_ignatious2005 2 in Computers & Internet Computer Networking

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Mbps = megabits per second
MBps = megabytes per second
Kbps = kilobytes " "
KBps = kilobytes " "

8 bits = 1 byte
1024bits = 1kilobit
1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte
1024^1 = kilo
1024^2 = megabytes/bits
1024^3 = gigabytes/bits
1024^4 = terabytes/bits


bits is usually how internet speed is rated at the provider, and bytes by the user

additionally, k is short for kilobit, but K is short for kilobyte. so lower case for bit, upper case for byte, but only if the letter is by itself without the bps after it. if the bps is after than the capital/lowercase "b" or "B" is what determines it in the same manor. the same for the "m" or "M" in mega, the g for giga, etc.

2007-02-06 00:48:42 · answer #1 · answered by Dashes 6 · 1 1

MBPS stands for Megabytes per second and KBPS stands for Kilobytes per second. The difference is 1 Mbps=1024 Kbps. So the speed of Lan, Wan, or internet in Mbps is much more faster than of Kbps.

2007-02-06 01:30:17 · answer #2 · answered by urs_amit01 3 · 0 0

Mbps To Kbps

2016-10-01 06:38:24 · answer #3 · answered by kuhlmann 4 · 0 0

Mbps = Mega Byte Per Second ( 1 Mbps = 1000 Kbps )
Kbps = Kilo Byte Per Second

Mbps and Kbps are how many bytes will transfered in several times.

Kilobytes = Kb
Megabytes = Mb

2007-02-06 00:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by maxiangelo 4 · 0 2

Mbps = megabits per second
MBps = megabytes per second
Kbps = kilobytes " "
KBps = kilobytes " "

8 bits = 1 byte
1024bits = 1kilobit
1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte
1024^1 = kilo
1024^2 = megabytes/bits
1024^3 = gigabytes/bits
1024^4 = terabytes/bits

2007-02-06 03:38:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

I know from personal experience that there is a difference. kbps and Mbpsare common units used to measure internet speed. For example dial-up speed is 56 kbps while basic dsl speed is 768 kbps. These units stand for kilobits per second and megabits per second, respectively. kB/s and MB/s, on the other hand, are used commonly to measure download speed. They represent kilobites per second and megabites per second. Since there are eight bits in a bite, a speed of 768 kbps translates to only 96 kBps. This may explain why DSL download speeds can be below 80 kBps.

2016-03-18 01:37:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

1 Megabyte = 1024 Kilobytes
1 Kilobyte = 1024 Bytes
1 Byte = 8 bits or 4 packets

Mbps(Megabytes per Second) and Kbps(Kilobytes per Second) are used to express the amount of data that is transferred to your computer from the server of the site.

2007-02-06 02:20:22 · answer #7 · answered by singhal_siddhant 2 · 0 1

Mbps stands for Mega Bytes per second
Kbps stands for Kilo Bytes per second

There is just 1 differece between both that Mbps is used for meausering the LAN speed and Kbps is used for measuring the internet speed.

The Short from for :
Kilobyte : KB
Mega Bytes : MB

2007-02-06 00:49:41 · answer #8 · answered by Dhruv A 2 · 0 3

A megabit per second (abbreviated as Mbps, Mbit/s, or mbps) is a unit of data transfer rates equal to 1,000,000 bits per second (this equals 1,000 kilobits per second). Because there are 8 bits in a byte, a transfer speed of 8 megabits per second (8 Mbps) is equivalent to 1,000,000 bytes per second (approximately 1,000 KB/s).
The bandwidth of consumer broadband internet services is often rated in Mbps.

Data streams representing compressed video are often measured in Mbit/s:

* 2 Mbit/s — VHS quality
* 8 Mbit/s — DVD quality
* 55 Mbit/s — HDTV quality


More specific examples found on standard Comcast digital streams (transmitted in MPEG2 format):

* 2-3 Mbit/s — a low-definition digital channel with a very clean signal
* 5-6 Mbit/s — a low-definition digital channel with a digitized ("dirty") analog signal (or just an analog channel)
* 8-12 Mbit/s — a medium to high-definition digital channel with DVD quality data (equivalent to HBO-HD)
* 18-20 Mbit/s — a high-definition digital channel at 1080i (equivalent to Discovery HD)
Another example, Network cards and cables are typically available in 10/100/1000 Mbit/s. This means they can support a transfer rate of 10 or 100 or 1000 Mbit/s.
A kilobit per second (kbit/s or kbps) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to 1,000 bits per second. It is sometimes used to mean 1,024 bits per second, using the binary meaning of the kilo- prefix, though this is rare and non-standard.

Examples:

* 56K modem — 56,000 bit/s
* 128 kbit/s mp3 — 128,000 bit/s [1]
* 64k ISDN — 64,000 bit/s [2]
* 1536k T1 — 1,536,000 bit/s (1.536 Mbit/s)

Most digital representations of audio are measured in kbit/s:

(These values vary depending on audio data compression schemes)

* 4 kbit/s – minimum necessary for recognizable speech (using special-purpose speech codecs)
* 8 kbit/s – telephone quality
* 32 kbit/s – MW quality
* 96 kbit/s – FM quality
* 192 kbit/s – Nearly CD quality for a file compressed in the MP3 format
* 1,411 kbit/s – CD audio (at 16-bits for each channel and 44.1 kHz)
THE SHORT FORM OF MEGABYTE IS MB, AND KILOBYTE IS KB.

2007-02-06 00:52:35 · answer #9 · answered by navmac 2 · 0 0

mbps is megabites per second & kbps is kilobites per second
mbps is a bigger unit

2007-02-08 00:05:38 · answer #10 · answered by Dhruv S 2 · 0 1

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