Bit to Byte Converter
Digital storage · unit-converter
Convert Bit to Byte with fixed input and output units, a step-by-step formula line, and reference tables. This hub uses decimal byte units (kB, MB, GB, …) and decimal megabits; the main converter also includes binary (KiB, MiB, …) units.
Calculator
From: Bit (bit)
To: Byte (b)
About Bit
A bit is a binary digit. Here 1 byte = 8 bits, so the byte-equivalent of one bit is 0.125 bytes. Networking speeds often use bits per second.
About Byte
The byte is eight bits and is the usual addressable unit for files and memory. This converter expresses every unit in byte-equivalents using fixed factors.
How to convert bits to bytes
1 bit is equal to 0.125 byte in this tool (values are compared in byte-equivalents):
1 bit = (0.125 B ÷ 1 B) b = 0.125 b
8 bits make 1 byte, so 1 bit = 1/8 byte (0.125 B).
Each bit counts as 0.125 bytes and each byte as 1 bytes, so one bit equals 0.125 ÷ 1 b = 0.125 b.
Let d(bit) be the numeric amount in Bit (bit), and d(b) the amount in Byte (b). Then:
d(b) = d(bit) × (0.125 / 1)
Equivalently, divide by how many bit fit into one b (bytes per b divided by bytes per bit):
d(b) = d(bit) ÷ 8
Or: byte = bit ÷ 8
Examples
Example #1: Convert 1 bit to byte
1 bit = 1 bit × (0.125/1) b = 0.125 b
1 bit = 1 bit ÷ 8 = 0.125 b
Example #2: Convert 10 bit to byte
10 bit = 10 bit × (0.125/1) b = 1.25 b
10 bit = 10 bit ÷ 8 = 1.25 b
Summary
To convert Bit to Byte, multiply the value in bit by the ratio of bytes per bit divided by bytes per b. Equivalently: value_b = value_bit × (0.125 / 1). Numerically, 1 bit equals 0.125 b.
Relationship context
You are converting between bit-based units (converted via 8 bits per byte) (Bits) and byte-based units (decimal SI: kB, MB, GB, …) (Bytes). Bit units are mapped through 8 bits per byte, then scaled with the same decimal prefixes as byte units. The numeric factor is 1.250000e-1.
Conversion tables
| Bit (bit) | Byte (b) |
|---|---|
| 0.1 | 0.0125 |
| 1 | 0.125 |
| 2 | 0.25 |
| 3 | 0.375 |
| 4 | 0.5 |
| 5 | 0.625 |
| 6 | 0.75 |
| 7 | 0.875 |
| 8 | 1 |
| 9 | 1.125 |
| Bit (bit) | Byte (b) |
|---|---|
| 10 | 1.25 |
| 20 | 2.5 |
| 30 | 3.75 |
| 40 | 5 |
| 50 | 6.25 |
| 60 | 7.5 |
| 70 | 8.75 |
| 80 | 10 |
| 90 | 11.25 |
| 100 | 12.5 |
Conversions outside the hub list
The grid on the category page lists hub units only. These pairs include at least one unit outside that hub set (same tools: formulas and tables on each page).
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