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# Unit converter
- URL: https://blog.lsonline.fr/2020/02/10/unit-converter/
- Published: 2020-02-10T02:31:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-29T14:15:37.000Z
- Description: Do you know how to convert the octet unit in Ko, Mo, Go, etc.? In the case you don't, this post can help you and provide you a converter
- Author: Laurent Sittler
- Tags: Getting Started

In informatics, you sometimes have to know how many mega-octets equal *629145600* octets.

You can easily find several online converters, but what is a good unit converter?

Do you think 1 giga-octet equals 1 000 mega-octets? That is not totally true ?

If you have to configure a server that requests the resource (often the [**RAM**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access%5Fmemory?ref=blog.lsonline.fr)[ \= ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access%5Fmemory?ref=blog.lsonline.fr)[**R**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access%5Fmemory?ref=blog.lsonline.fr)[andom ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access%5Fmemory?ref=blog.lsonline.fr)[**A**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access%5Fmemory?ref=blog.lsonline.fr)[ccess ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access%5Fmemory?ref=blog.lsonline.fr)[**M**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access%5Fmemory?ref=blog.lsonline.fr)[emory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access%5Fmemory?ref=blog.lsonline.fr)) and you define it for 1 Go, 1000000000 octets, you will certainly have a surprise...

Because 1 Go = 1024 Mio = 1073741824 octets. Did you see `Mio` rather than `Mo`? Mo is the SI Prefix (System of Units) and Mio is the Binary Prefix... This is a big difference in informatics.

> \[note\]**Note**  
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> For more information about the conversion and more theory, Wikipedia is smarter than me: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet\_(computing)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet%5F%28computing%29?ref=blog.lsonline.fr)

Anyway, I often look for an online converter when I need it quickly; when I forget the URL of a good online converter, I have to search again and I recently didn't find my favorite converter anymore ?

Now, rather than looking for a converter, I created my own one on this post and I think it could be useful to someone else ?

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Converter 

Octets Ko Mo Go To Po 

bits

octets

Ko

Mo

Go

To

Po

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Hoping this post will help you ?