Axis

Data transfer rate

kilobyte per secondkB/s

Kilo-scaled variant of the byte per second, exactly kB/s = 8000 base units.

Dimension
data transfer rate
Canonical signature
T^-1*B
System
iec
Exactness
Exact

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 kB/s = 8,000 bit/s
Conversion type
linear
Historical notes
MB/s = megabytes per second, eight times Mb/s.
Aliases
kilo bytes per second, kilo Bps

Same dimension

Related units

megabit per secondiecMb/smegabyte per second (decimal)iecMB/sgigabit per secondiecGb/sbit per secondiecbit/sbyte per secondiecB/sgigabyte per second (decimal)iecGB/skilobit per secondieckb/sterabit per secondiecTb/s

Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 kB/s = 8,000 bit/s

Exact relationship

10 kB/s = 80,000 bit/s

Exact relationship