Unit Conversion Made Easy: A Quick Reference Guide
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Whether you're cooking with a European recipe, sizing a package for international shipping, or calculating storage needs, unit conversion is a daily necessity. Here are the most common conversions you'll need.
Quick Reference
- 1 inch = 2.54 cm
- 1 mile = 1.609 km
- 1 pound = 0.4536 kg
- 1 gallon = 3.785 liters
- °F to °C = (°F - 32) × 5/9
Data Size Conversions
In computing, there's a subtle but important distinction: 1 KB (kilobyte) = 1,000 bytes, but 1 KiB (kibibyte) = 1,024 bytes. Most everyday use treats KB as 1,024 bytes, but storage manufacturers use 1,000.
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