BitByteConverter
An app for iPhones, iPads and iPod touch to convert unit of data
starting from a bit to ZettaByte or ZebiByte and vice versa.
If you have any questions, suggestions, bug report, please send mail
to
muquit@muquit.com. The app is free.
iOS 8.0 or later
- Type the number in the field Number to Convert:
At this time, only integer input is supported
- Pick a data unit by tapping on the unit picker in Convert from:
- To convert, tap on the blue Convert button
- If you want to convert to a different Kilo, tap
on the kilo unit in blue foreground
- In portrait mode, tap on the selected blue unit (or anywhere
on the screen) first and then tap the blue
Convert button
The following table shows the relationship between various data units the
app supports.
| Decimal |
Binary |
| Value |
Metric (kilo=1000) |
Value |
IEC (kilo=1024) |
| 1000 |
kilobit |
1024 |
Kibibit |
| 1000 |
KiloByte |
1024 |
KibiByte |
| 10002 |
Megabit |
10242 |
Mebibit |
| 10002 |
MegaByte |
10242 |
MebiByte |
| 10003 |
Gigabit |
10243 |
Gibibit |
| 10003 |
GigaByte |
10243 |
GibiByte |
| 10004 |
TeraByte |
10244 |
TebiByte |
| 10005 |
PetaByte |
10245 |
PebiByte |
| 10006 |
ExaByte |
10246 |
ExbiByte |
| 10007 |
ZettaByte |
10247 |
ZebiByte |
In General:
- For measuring data transfer rate (network speed etc.), 1000 is used as kilo.
- Disk vendors tend to use 1000 as kilo to describe disk
capacity.
- For addressing memory, computer always uses 1024 as basis of
kilo.
This is a topic of much discussion, please look at
Binary
prefix in wikipedia for more info.
To change the default settings, please click on the info button at the
upper right corner. Currently the following settings can be changed:
- Font size of the output. Change the font
size by sliding the slider knob. If the font size is changed
to something other than the last saved value, a button
Save Settings
will appear at the upper right corner. If the setting is saved,
and Back button is pressed, the font size will be applied
immediately to the displayed result.
The app uses the following free software:
- XLform - For
dynamic table-view forms. License: MIT
- GVUserDefaults
- NSUserDefaults access via properties. License: MIT
- Inkscape icon template from
Kodira.
