Kibibyte per Second (KiB/s)
A kibibyte per second is 1024 bytes each second. Linux tools such as wget and rsync report speeds in binary units.
Symbol: KiB/s
Quantity: data transfer rate (bandwidth)
SI relation: 1 KiB/s = 8192 bps (exact)
Derivation: 1 KiB/s = 1024 B/s.
Exact: yes, by definition
Typical uses
- Linux command-line transfer speeds
- Torrent clients
Convert kibibytes per second to other units
Open the Data Transfer Rate Converter to convert any value between all units.
Sources
- Prefixes for binary multiples (kibi, mebi, gibi…, adopted by the IEC and now in IEC 80000-13), National Institute of Standards and Technology , Prefixes for binary multiples.
- The International System of Units (SI), 9th edition (SI Brochure), Bureau International des Poids et Mesures , Section 3, note on binary prefixes.
Last reviewed: . Factors are stored exactly and computed with 50-digit decimal arithmetic. See how we verify conversion factors.
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