Kilobyte vs. Megabyte

Kilobytes and megabytes are units of computer data storage. They indicate the amount of digital information that can be stored on a device.

A kilobyte is a unit of computer data storage equal to 1,024 (or 2₁₀) bytes. Byte is short for binary term, a unit of storage capable of holding a single character. A megabyte is a unit of computer data storage equal to 1,048,576 (or 2₂₀) bytes.

The two terms are just two different magnitudes of the same unit. Often, they are used to refer to the speed of a computer, such as downloading at a rate of 1.9 megabytes per second.