bits per hour to Gigabytes per hour conversion

bits per hour to Gigabytes per hour conversion table

bits per hour (bit/hour)Gigabytes per hour (GB/hour)
00
11.25e-10
22.5e-10
33.75e-10
45e-10
56.25e-10
67.5e-10
78.75e-10
81e-9
91.125e-9
101.25e-9
202.5e-9
303.75e-9
405e-9
506.25e-9
607.5e-9
708.75e-9
801e-8
901.125e-8
1001.25e-8
10001.25e-7

How to convert bits per hour to gigabytes per hour?

To convert 1 bit per hour to gigabytes per hour, we need to understand the unit conversions involved.

First, let's break down the units:

1 bit = 1 bit 1 byte = 8 bits 1 kilobyte (KB) = 1,000 bytes (in base 10) or 1,024 bytes (in base 2) 1 megabyte (MB) = 1,000 KB (in base 10) or 1,024 KB (in base 2) 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1,000 MB (in base 10) or 1,024 MB (in base 2)

Let's first convert using base 10:

  1. Convert bits to bytes: 1 bit = 1/8 bytes = 0.125 bytes

  2. Convert bytes to kilobytes (base 10): 0.125 bytes = 0.125 / 1,000 KB = 0.000125 KB

  3. Convert kilobytes to megabytes (base 10): 0.000125 KB = 0.000125 / 1,000 MB = 0.000000125 MB

  4. Convert megabytes to gigabytes (base 10): 0.000000125 MB = 0.000000125 / 1,000 GB = 0.000000000125 GB

So, 1 bit per hour is 0.000000000125 GB per hour in base 10.

Now let's convert using base 2:

  1. Convert bits to bytes: 1 bit = 1/8 bytes = 0.125 bytes

  2. Convert bytes to kilobytes (base 2): 0.125 bytes = 0.125 / 1,024 KB = 0.0001220703125 KB

  3. Convert kilobytes to megabytes (base 2): 0.0001220703125 KB = 0.0001220703125 / 1,024 MB = 0.00000011920928955078125 MB

  4. Convert megabytes to gigabytes (base 2): 0.00000011920928955078125 MB = 0.00000011920928955078125 / 1,024 GB ≈ 0.000000000116415321826934814453125 GB

So, 1 bit per hour is approximately 0.000000000116 GB per hour in base 2.

Real World Examples for Other Quantities of Bits per Hour

1. Internet of Things (IoT) Devices

  • Smart Sensors: A simple smart sensor may generate 1,000 bits per hour data for reading temperature/humidity.
    • Base 10: 1,000 bits/hr = 0.000000125 GB/hr
    • Base 2: 1,000 bits/hr ≈ 0.000000116 GB/hr

2. Low Data Rate Communication Channels

  • Telemetry Data: A telemetry device in a remote area sending 10,000 bits per hour to a central server.
    • Base 10: 10,000 bits/hr = 0.00000125 GB/hr
    • Base 2: 10,000 bits/hr ≈ 0.00000116 GB/hr

3. Email Service

  • Email Traffic: An automated system sending out small status emails consuming 100,000 bits per hour.
    • Base 10: 100,000 bits/hr = 0.0000125 GB/hr
    • Base 2: 100,000 bits/hr ≈ 0.0000116 GB/hr

4. Professional Monitoring Systems

  • Weather Station: A system monitoring weather stations that generate 1,000,000 bits per hour data.
    • Base 10: 1,000,000 bits/hr = 0.000125 GB/hr
    • Base 2: 1,000,000 bits/hr ≈ 0.000116 GB/hr

These examples help illustrate some contexts where understanding the conversion of bits to gigabytes might be useful in practical applications.

See below section for step by step unit conversion with formulas and explanations. Please refer to the table below for a list of all the Gigabytes per hour to other unit conversions.

What is bits per hour?

"Bits per hour" (BPH) is a measure of data transfer or storage capacity, but it's not as commonly used in everyday conversations as other units like bits per second (bps), kilobits per second (kbps), megabits per second (mbps), gigabits per second (gbps), etc.

If we break down the term:

  • "Bits" refer to the basic unit of digital information, similar to bytes but smaller. One bit can have a value of either 0 or 1.
  • "Per hour" indicates that the measurement is for an amount of data transferred or stored over the course of one hour.

In technical and computing contexts, you might encounter terms like:

  • Bits per second (bps), which measures how much data can be transferred in a second. This is commonly seen in networking and communication protocols.
  • Kilobits per second (kbps) or megabits per second (mbps) for larger bandwidths.

The term "bits per hour" could theoretically refer to the rate at which bits are processed, stored, or transmitted over a period of one hour. However, it's not a standard unit in computer science or networking and is therefore not commonly used.

What is gigabytes per hour?

GB/h (gigabytes per hour) is a unit of measurement that represents the rate at which data is transferred, downloaded, or uploaded. It's often used in various contexts:

  1. Internet Speed: GB/h can represent the average download speed of an internet connection, indicating how much data (in gigabytes) is being transferred to a device per hour.
  2. Data Transfer Rates: In scientific and engineering applications, GB/h might be used to express the rate at which data is transferred from one system or device to another, such as in computer networking, cloud storage, or data streaming.
  3. Content Distribution: The term might also appear in discussions about content delivery networks (CDNs), where it's used to describe the rate at which video or audio content is distributed to end-users.

To give you a better idea of what GB/h represents:

  • 1 GB/h is equivalent to 2.222 MB/s (megabytes per second)
  • To put this in perspective, standard internet speeds are typically measured in megabits per second (Mbps). A rough estimate would be:
    • Fast broadband: ~100-500 Mbps (~13-67 MB/s) ≈ 45-225 GB/h
    • Slow broadband: ~10-50 Mbps (~1.3-6.7 MB/s) ≈ 4.5-22.5 GB/h

Keep in mind that these are rough estimates and actual speeds may vary greatly depending on your specific internet connection.

Now you know what gigabytes per hour (GB/h) represents!

Complete bits per hour conversion table

Enter # of bits per hour
Convert 1 bit/hour to other unitsResult
bits per hour to bits per second (bit/hour to bit/s)0.0002777777777778
bits per hour to Kilobits per second (bit/hour to Kb/s)2.7777777777778e-7
bits per hour to Kibibits per second (bit/hour to Kib/s)2.7126736111111e-7
bits per hour to Megabits per second (bit/hour to Mb/s)2.7777777777778e-10
bits per hour to Mebibits per second (bit/hour to Mib/s)2.6490953233507e-10
bits per hour to Gigabits per second (bit/hour to Gb/s)2.7777777777778e-13
bits per hour to Gibibits per second (bit/hour to Gib/s)2.5870071517097e-13
bits per hour to Terabits per second (bit/hour to Tb/s)2.7777777777778e-16
bits per hour to Tebibits per second (bit/hour to Tib/s)2.5263741715915e-16
bits per hour to bits per minute (bit/hour to bit/minute)0.01666666666667
bits per hour to Kilobits per minute (bit/hour to Kb/minute)0.00001666666666667
bits per hour to Kibibits per minute (bit/hour to Kib/minute)0.00001627604166667
bits per hour to Megabits per minute (bit/hour to Mb/minute)1.6666666666667e-8
bits per hour to Mebibits per minute (bit/hour to Mib/minute)1.5894571940104e-8
bits per hour to Gigabits per minute (bit/hour to Gb/minute)1.6666666666667e-11
bits per hour to Gibibits per minute (bit/hour to Gib/minute)1.5522042910258e-11
bits per hour to Terabits per minute (bit/hour to Tb/minute)1.6666666666667e-14
bits per hour to Tebibits per minute (bit/hour to Tib/minute)1.5158245029549e-14
bits per hour to Kilobits per hour (bit/hour to Kb/hour)0.001
bits per hour to Kibibits per hour (bit/hour to Kib/hour)0.0009765625
bits per hour to Megabits per hour (bit/hour to Mb/hour)0.000001
bits per hour to Mebibits per hour (bit/hour to Mib/hour)9.5367431640625e-7
bits per hour to Gigabits per hour (bit/hour to Gb/hour)1e-9
bits per hour to Gibibits per hour (bit/hour to Gib/hour)9.3132257461548e-10
bits per hour to Terabits per hour (bit/hour to Tb/hour)1e-12
bits per hour to Tebibits per hour (bit/hour to Tib/hour)9.0949470177293e-13
bits per hour to bits per day (bit/hour to bit/day)24
bits per hour to Kilobits per day (bit/hour to Kb/day)0.024
bits per hour to Kibibits per day (bit/hour to Kib/day)0.0234375
bits per hour to Megabits per day (bit/hour to Mb/day)0.000024
bits per hour to Mebibits per day (bit/hour to Mib/day)0.00002288818359375
bits per hour to Gigabits per day (bit/hour to Gb/day)2.4e-8
bits per hour to Gibibits per day (bit/hour to Gib/day)2.2351741790771e-8
bits per hour to Terabits per day (bit/hour to Tb/day)2.4e-11
bits per hour to Tebibits per day (bit/hour to Tib/day)2.182787284255e-11
bits per hour to bits per month (bit/hour to bit/month)720
bits per hour to Kilobits per month (bit/hour to Kb/month)0.72
bits per hour to Kibibits per month (bit/hour to Kib/month)0.703125
bits per hour to Megabits per month (bit/hour to Mb/month)0.00072
bits per hour to Mebibits per month (bit/hour to Mib/month)0.0006866455078125
bits per hour to Gigabits per month (bit/hour to Gb/month)7.2e-7
bits per hour to Gibibits per month (bit/hour to Gib/month)6.7055225372314e-7
bits per hour to Terabits per month (bit/hour to Tb/month)7.2e-10
bits per hour to Tebibits per month (bit/hour to Tib/month)6.5483618527651e-10
bits per hour to Bytes per second (bit/hour to Byte/s)0.00003472222222222
bits per hour to Kilobytes per second (bit/hour to KB/s)3.4722222222222e-8
bits per hour to Kibibytes per second (bit/hour to KiB/s)3.3908420138889e-8
bits per hour to Megabytes per second (bit/hour to MB/s)3.4722222222222e-11
bits per hour to Mebibytes per second (bit/hour to MiB/s)3.3113691541884e-11
bits per hour to Gigabytes per second (bit/hour to GB/s)3.4722222222222e-14
bits per hour to Gibibytes per second (bit/hour to GiB/s)3.2337589396371e-14
bits per hour to Terabytes per second (bit/hour to TB/s)3.4722222222222e-17
bits per hour to Tebibytes per second (bit/hour to TiB/s)3.1579677144893e-17
bits per hour to Bytes per minute (bit/hour to Byte/minute)0.002083333333333
bits per hour to Kilobytes per minute (bit/hour to KB/minute)0.000002083333333333
bits per hour to Kibibytes per minute (bit/hour to KiB/minute)0.000002034505208333
bits per hour to Megabytes per minute (bit/hour to MB/minute)2.0833333333333e-9
bits per hour to Mebibytes per minute (bit/hour to MiB/minute)1.986821492513e-9
bits per hour to Gigabytes per minute (bit/hour to GB/minute)2.0833333333333e-12
bits per hour to Gibibytes per minute (bit/hour to GiB/minute)1.9402553637822e-12
bits per hour to Terabytes per minute (bit/hour to TB/minute)2.0833333333333e-15
bits per hour to Tebibytes per minute (bit/hour to TiB/minute)1.8947806286936e-15
bits per hour to Bytes per hour (bit/hour to Byte/hour)0.125
bits per hour to Kilobytes per hour (bit/hour to KB/hour)0.000125
bits per hour to Kibibytes per hour (bit/hour to KiB/hour)0.0001220703125
bits per hour to Megabytes per hour (bit/hour to MB/hour)1.25e-7
bits per hour to Mebibytes per hour (bit/hour to MiB/hour)1.1920928955078e-7
bits per hour to Gigabytes per hour (bit/hour to GB/hour)1.25e-10
bits per hour to Gibibytes per hour (bit/hour to GiB/hour)1.1641532182693e-10
bits per hour to Terabytes per hour (bit/hour to TB/hour)1.25e-13
bits per hour to Tebibytes per hour (bit/hour to TiB/hour)1.1368683772162e-13
bits per hour to Bytes per day (bit/hour to Byte/day)3
bits per hour to Kilobytes per day (bit/hour to KB/day)0.003
bits per hour to Kibibytes per day (bit/hour to KiB/day)0.0029296875
bits per hour to Megabytes per day (bit/hour to MB/day)0.000003
bits per hour to Mebibytes per day (bit/hour to MiB/day)0.000002861022949219
bits per hour to Gigabytes per day (bit/hour to GB/day)3e-9
bits per hour to Gibibytes per day (bit/hour to GiB/day)2.7939677238464e-9
bits per hour to Terabytes per day (bit/hour to TB/day)3e-12
bits per hour to Tebibytes per day (bit/hour to TiB/day)2.7284841053188e-12
bits per hour to Bytes per month (bit/hour to Byte/month)90
bits per hour to Kilobytes per month (bit/hour to KB/month)0.09
bits per hour to Kibibytes per month (bit/hour to KiB/month)0.087890625
bits per hour to Megabytes per month (bit/hour to MB/month)0.00009
bits per hour to Mebibytes per month (bit/hour to MiB/month)0.00008583068847656
bits per hour to Gigabytes per month (bit/hour to GB/month)9e-8
bits per hour to Gibibytes per month (bit/hour to GiB/month)8.3819031715393e-8
bits per hour to Terabytes per month (bit/hour to TB/month)9e-11
bits per hour to Tebibytes per month (bit/hour to TiB/month)8.1854523159564e-11

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