Kilobytes, abbreviated kB, and gigabytes, abbreviated GB, measure the storage capacity of computer hard drives and USB drives. If you have the storage capacity of one device in kB and the other in GB, you would need to convert from kB to GB to compare the size of the two devices. Do not confuse kilobytes with kibibytes or gigabytes with gibibytes. A kibibyte equals 1,024 bytes rather than 1,000 bytes and is abbreviated KiB. A gibibyte equals 1,024 mebibytes and is abbrevaited GiB.
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Multiply the number of kB by 0.000001 to convert to GB. For example, if you have 40,000 kB, multiply 40,000 by 0.000001 to get 0.04 GB.
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Divide the number of kB by 1,000,000 to convert to GB. In this example, divide 40,000 by 1,000,000 to get 0.04 GB.
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Use an online kB to GB converter (see Resources). Enter the number of kB and select "kB" from the dropdown menu to convert from kB to GB.