What is a bit?

Definition

bit

A bit is the smallest unit of digital information, representing a single binary value of 0 or 1.

Unit system

Decimal

Convert bits

Bits → Bytes Bits → Kilobytes Bits → Kibibytes Bits → Megabytes Bits → Mebibytes Bits → Gigabytes Bits → Gibibytes Bits → Terabytes

All data units

Unit	Symbol	System
bits	bit	Decimal
bytes	B	Decimal
kilobytes	KB	Decimal
megabytes	MB	Decimal
gigabytes	GB	Decimal
terabytes	TB	Decimal
petabytes	PB	Decimal
kibibytes	KiB	Binary
mebibytes	MiB	Binary
gibibytes	GiB	Binary
tebibytes	TiB	Binary
pebibytes	PiB	Binary