Use the digital storage converter to express a known byte quantity in another unit. Use the data usage calculator to estimate a monthly amount from activity inputs and publisher-defined rates. A monthly estimate is not another byte-unit convention.
| Feature | Digital storage | Data usage |
|---|---|---|
| Inputs | Value, From, To | Hours, quality choices, download/sharing counts, optional limit |
| Units | B, KB, MB, GB, TB, KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB | Monthly GB and activity GB totals |
| Operation | Source/target byte-factor ratio | Sum activity quantities using built-in rates |
| Time input | None | Enter activity totals for the month |
| Supporting results | Units other than selected source and target | Activity totals; percentage when the entered limit is positive |
The storage converter distinguishes decimal 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes from binary 1 GiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes. Enter 1 GB with GiB as the target and it displays 0.931323 GiB. Those labels describe the same byte quantity in different units, within displayed rounding. With 8 GiB → MiB, it displays 8,192.0000 MiB. Exact defined factors do not make every floating-point calculation or displayed number exact.
Storage defaults to 1 GB → 1,000.0000 MB. Target units determine its fixed fractional-place count; its Copy includes the entered unit and formatted output. There is no editable precision control.
The usage default displays 4.70 GB, with 0.5% of its entered 1,000 GB limit. Its activity rates are publisher assumptions, while hours, counts, quality options and limit are editable. Setting the limit to zero omits the percentage. Copy summarizes the monthly GB and, when applicable, the percentage rounded to one fractional place.
Choose the storage converter for unit labels on a supplied file/capacity number, or usage for activity-scenario arithmetic. Neither measures files, observes service usage or selects a purchase or carrier plan.
Sources
- NIST-binary-prefixes — Defined byte and decimal/binary prefix sizes only; not activity rates, carrier policy or purchasing.