Presently many use services of the Internet for obtaining information. When downloading content there is a question of that how many it is required to time to load the file, and at survey of video online interests what should be Internet connection speed for comfortable viewing. To calculate it, it is necessary to know what is bits and bytes and to be able to transfer kilobytes to megabits.
Instruction
1. Bit (English Binary digIT – the binary sign, or bit – is a little) – the elementary device of memory of the computer which is used to storage of one of signs of the binary code. It is called the minimum unit of transfer of information. Combinations of bits can mean a character, switch or transmit a signal. By means of bits information is transferred to a character sequence, suitable for processing by the computer. Such information is called bit information.
2. Byte (BinarY TErm – a binary term, binary expression) – the independent memory cell saving information written in it. The byte consists of 8 bits. Let's consider what is kilobyte and megabit and how to carry out their recalculation. In other words we will analyze as it is possible to transfer kilobytes to megabits.
3. In the world system of measurement of SI of a prefix of a kilogram - mega - mean 1000 and 100000 respectively. But for information transmission rate it not so. In the computer industry it is considered to be that the kilogram prefix - designates 1024, therefore, mega-1024*1024 = 1048576. So how many kilobyte in megabit? Let's make calculation. At first we will calculate how many bits in 1 kilobyte.1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes = 1024*8 = 8192 bits.
4. Now we will transfer bits to megabits. For this purpose the received number it is separable on the number equal to a prefix mega-. 8192 / 1048576 = 0.0078125 megabits. Having integrated the made calculations it is possible to tell that 1 kilobyte = 0.0078125 megabits. Or 1 CB = 0.0078125 MB.