bits per minute to Gigabytes per minute conversion

bits per minute to Gigabytes per minute conversion table

bits per minute (bit/minute)Gigabytes per minute (GB/minute)
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 minute to gigabytes per minute?

Certainly! Converting bits per minute to Gigabytes per minute involves understanding the hierarchical structure of data measurement units.

Here's a step-by-step process:

Conversion Factors

1 bit (b) is the smallest unit of digital data.

In Base 10:

  • 1 kilobit (kb) = 1,000 bits
  • 1 megabit (Mb) = 1,000 kilobits = 1,000,000 bits
  • 1 gigabit (Gb) = 1,000 megabits = 1,000,000,000 bits

1 byte (B) = 8 bits 1 kilobyte (KB) = 1,000 bytes 1 megabyte (MB) = 1,000 kilobytes = 1,000,000 bytes 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1,000 megabytes = 1,000,000,000 bytes

In Base 2 (more precise - binary representation):

  • 1 kibibit (Kib) = 1,024 bits
  • 1 mebibit (Mib) = 1,024 kibibits = 1,048,576 bits
  • 1 gibibit (Gib) = 1,024 mebibits = 1,073,741,824 bits

1 byte (B) = 8 bits 1 kibibyte (KiB) = 1,024 bytes 1 mebibyte (MiB) = 1,024 kibibytes = 1,048,576 bytes 1 gibibyte (GiB) = 1,024 mebibytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes

Conversion Calculation

Base 10

Step-by-step conversion for 1 bits per minute to Gigabytes per minute:

  1. Start with 1 bit per minute (bpm).
  2. Convert bits to bytes: 1 bit = 1/8 bytes ≈ 0.125 bytes
  3. Convert bytes to kilobytes: 0.125 bytes = 0.125 / 1,000 KB = 0.000125 KB
  4. Convert kilobytes to megabytes: 0.000125 KB = 0.000125 / 1,000 MB = 0.000000125 MB
  5. Convert megabytes to gigabytes: 0.000000125 MB = 0.000000125 / 1,000 GB = 0.000000000125 GB

So, in base 10:

  • 1 bit per minute = 0.000000000125 Gigabytes per minute (GB/min)

Base 2

Step-by-step conversion for 1 bits per minute to Gibibytes per minute:

  1. Start with 1 bit per minute (bpm).
  2. Convert bits to bytes: 1 bit = 1/8 bytes ≈ 0.125 bytes
  3. Convert bytes to kibibytes: 0.125 bytes = 0.125 / 1,024 KiB ≈ 0.0001220703125 KiB
  4. Convert kibibytes to mebibytes: 0.0001220703125 KiB ≈ 0.0001220703125 / 1,024 MiB ≈ 0.00000011920928955078125 MiB
  5. Convert mebibytes to gibibytes: 0.00000011920928955078125 MiB ≈ 0.00000011920928955078125 / 1,024 GiB ≈ 0.000000000116415321826934814453125 GiB

So, in base 2:

  • 1 bit per minute ≈ 0.000000000116415321826934814453125 Gibibytes per minute (GiB/min)

Real-World Examples for Other Quantities

To give context, here are some more practical examples:

Base 10:

  1. 1,000 bits per minute:

    • Convert to bytes: 1,000 bits = 1,000 / 8 = 125 bytes
    • Convert to kilobytes: 125 / 1,000 = 0.125 KB
    • Convert to megabytes: 0.125 / 1,000 = 0.000125 MB
    • Convert to gigabytes: 0.000125 / 1,000 = 0.000000125 GB

    1,000 bits per minute = 0.000000125 Gigabytes per minute

  2. 1,000,000 bits per minute (1 Mbps):

    • Convert to bytes: 1,000,000 / 8 = 125,000 bytes
    • Convert to kilobytes: 125,000 / 1,000 = 125 KB
    • Convert to megabytes: 125 / 1,000 = 0.125 MB
    • Convert to gigabytes: 0.125 / 1,000 = 0.000125 GB

    1,000,000 bits per minute = 0.000125 Gigabytes per minute

Base 2:

  1. 1,024 bits per minute:

    • Convert to bytes: 1,024 bits = 1,024 / 8 = 128 bytes
    • Convert to kibibytes: 128 / 1,024 = 0.125 KiB
    • Convert to mebibytes: 0.125 / 1,024 ≈ 0.0001220703125 MiB
    • Convert to gibibytes: 0.0001220703125 / 1,024 ≈ 0.00000011920928955078125 GiB

    1,024 bits per minute ≈ 0.00000011920928955078125 Gibibytes per minute

  2. 1,048,576 bits per minute (1 Mibps):

    • Convert to bytes: 1,048,576 / 8 = 131,072 bytes
    • Convert to kibibytes: 131,072 / 1,024 = 128 KiB
    • Convert to mebibytes: 128 / 1,024 ≈ 0.125 MiB
    • Convert to gibibytes: 0.125 / 1,024 ≈ 0.0001220703125 GiB

    1,048,576 bits per minute ≈ 0.0001220703125 Gibibytes per minute

These conversions illustrate how small quantities of bits per minute translate into much smaller quantities of gigabytes or gibibytes per minute.

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 minute to other unit conversions.

What is bits per minute?

A term from the old days of computing and data transmission!

Bits per minute (bpm) was a unit of measurement for the rate at which digital data was transmitted. It represented the number of binary digits (bits) that were transmitted in one minute.

In other words, it measured how quickly a computer or communication system could send bits of information over a wire, modem, or other transmission medium.

For example, if a data transmission system had a speed of 9600 bpm, it meant that it could transmit 96,000 bits (or 12 kilobits) in one minute.

With the advent of newer technologies and faster communication protocols, the term "bits per minute" has largely been replaced by more modern units of measurement, such as megabits per second (Mbps), gigabits per second (Gbps), or even terabits per second (Tbps).

But for those who worked with old computers, modems, and data transmission systems, bpm was a familiar term that represented the raw speed of data transfer!

What is gigabytes per minute?

Gigabytes per minute (GB/min) is a unit of measurement that expresses the rate at which data is being transferred, copied, or stored over a period of one minute.

To break it down:

  • 1 Gigabyte (GB) is equivalent to:
    • 1 billion bytes
    • 1024 megabytes (MB)
  • Per minute means that this amount of data is being processed in the span of just 60 seconds.

In practical terms, gigabytes per minute is often used to measure:

  1. Data transfer rates: How quickly a file or dataset can be uploaded or downloaded from one location to another.
  2. Data copying speeds: The rate at which data is copied from one storage device to another.
  3. Video encoding and decoding: The speed at which video files are compressed or decompressed.

Here's an example of how gigabytes per minute might apply:

  • Uploading a 1 GB file from your computer to the cloud in just 1 minute means that you're transferring data at a rate of 1 GB/min.
  • Copying 100 GB of data from one external hard drive to another in 5 minutes implies a transfer rate of approximately 20 GB/min.

Now, let's convert gigabytes per minute into more familiar units for easier understanding:

  • 1 GB/min = 0.0167 megabytes (MB) per second
  • 1 GB/min = 57 MB/s

Complete bits per minute conversion table

Enter # of bits per minute
Convert 1 bit/minute to other unitsResult
bits per minute to bits per second (bit/minute to bit/s)0.01666666666667
bits per minute to Kilobits per second (bit/minute to Kb/s)0.00001666666666667
bits per minute to Kibibits per second (bit/minute to Kib/s)0.00001627604166667
bits per minute to Megabits per second (bit/minute to Mb/s)1.6666666666667e-8
bits per minute to Mebibits per second (bit/minute to Mib/s)1.5894571940104e-8
bits per minute to Gigabits per second (bit/minute to Gb/s)1.6666666666667e-11
bits per minute to Gibibits per second (bit/minute to Gib/s)1.5522042910258e-11
bits per minute to Terabits per second (bit/minute to Tb/s)1.6666666666667e-14
bits per minute to Tebibits per second (bit/minute to Tib/s)1.5158245029549e-14
bits per minute to Kilobits per minute (bit/minute to Kb/minute)0.001
bits per minute to Kibibits per minute (bit/minute to Kib/minute)0.0009765625
bits per minute to Megabits per minute (bit/minute to Mb/minute)0.000001
bits per minute to Mebibits per minute (bit/minute to Mib/minute)9.5367431640625e-7
bits per minute to Gigabits per minute (bit/minute to Gb/minute)1e-9
bits per minute to Gibibits per minute (bit/minute to Gib/minute)9.3132257461548e-10
bits per minute to Terabits per minute (bit/minute to Tb/minute)1e-12
bits per minute to Tebibits per minute (bit/minute to Tib/minute)9.0949470177293e-13
bits per minute to bits per hour (bit/minute to bit/hour)60
bits per minute to Kilobits per hour (bit/minute to Kb/hour)0.06
bits per minute to Kibibits per hour (bit/minute to Kib/hour)0.05859375
bits per minute to Megabits per hour (bit/minute to Mb/hour)0.00006
bits per minute to Mebibits per hour (bit/minute to Mib/hour)0.00005722045898438
bits per minute to Gigabits per hour (bit/minute to Gb/hour)6e-8
bits per minute to Gibibits per hour (bit/minute to Gib/hour)5.5879354476929e-8
bits per minute to Terabits per hour (bit/minute to Tb/hour)6e-11
bits per minute to Tebibits per hour (bit/minute to Tib/hour)5.4569682106376e-11
bits per minute to bits per day (bit/minute to bit/day)1440
bits per minute to Kilobits per day (bit/minute to Kb/day)1.44
bits per minute to Kibibits per day (bit/minute to Kib/day)1.40625
bits per minute to Megabits per day (bit/minute to Mb/day)0.00144
bits per minute to Mebibits per day (bit/minute to Mib/day)0.001373291015625
bits per minute to Gigabits per day (bit/minute to Gb/day)0.00000144
bits per minute to Gibibits per day (bit/minute to Gib/day)0.000001341104507446
bits per minute to Terabits per day (bit/minute to Tb/day)1.44e-9
bits per minute to Tebibits per day (bit/minute to Tib/day)1.309672370553e-9
bits per minute to bits per month (bit/minute to bit/month)43200
bits per minute to Kilobits per month (bit/minute to Kb/month)43.2
bits per minute to Kibibits per month (bit/minute to Kib/month)42.1875
bits per minute to Megabits per month (bit/minute to Mb/month)0.0432
bits per minute to Mebibits per month (bit/minute to Mib/month)0.04119873046875
bits per minute to Gigabits per month (bit/minute to Gb/month)0.0000432
bits per minute to Gibibits per month (bit/minute to Gib/month)0.00004023313522339
bits per minute to Terabits per month (bit/minute to Tb/month)4.32e-8
bits per minute to Tebibits per month (bit/minute to Tib/month)3.929017111659e-8
bits per minute to Bytes per second (bit/minute to Byte/s)0.002083333333333
bits per minute to Kilobytes per second (bit/minute to KB/s)0.000002083333333333
bits per minute to Kibibytes per second (bit/minute to KiB/s)0.000002034505208333
bits per minute to Megabytes per second (bit/minute to MB/s)2.0833333333333e-9
bits per minute to Mebibytes per second (bit/minute to MiB/s)1.986821492513e-9
bits per minute to Gigabytes per second (bit/minute to GB/s)2.0833333333333e-12
bits per minute to Gibibytes per second (bit/minute to GiB/s)1.9402553637822e-12
bits per minute to Terabytes per second (bit/minute to TB/s)2.0833333333333e-15
bits per minute to Tebibytes per second (bit/minute to TiB/s)1.8947806286936e-15
bits per minute to Bytes per minute (bit/minute to Byte/minute)0.125
bits per minute to Kilobytes per minute (bit/minute to KB/minute)0.000125
bits per minute to Kibibytes per minute (bit/minute to KiB/minute)0.0001220703125
bits per minute to Megabytes per minute (bit/minute to MB/minute)1.25e-7
bits per minute to Mebibytes per minute (bit/minute to MiB/minute)1.1920928955078e-7
bits per minute to Gigabytes per minute (bit/minute to GB/minute)1.25e-10
bits per minute to Gibibytes per minute (bit/minute to GiB/minute)1.1641532182693e-10
bits per minute to Terabytes per minute (bit/minute to TB/minute)1.25e-13
bits per minute to Tebibytes per minute (bit/minute to TiB/minute)1.1368683772162e-13
bits per minute to Bytes per hour (bit/minute to Byte/hour)7.5
bits per minute to Kilobytes per hour (bit/minute to KB/hour)0.0075
bits per minute to Kibibytes per hour (bit/minute to KiB/hour)0.00732421875
bits per minute to Megabytes per hour (bit/minute to MB/hour)0.0000075
bits per minute to Mebibytes per hour (bit/minute to MiB/hour)0.000007152557373047
bits per minute to Gigabytes per hour (bit/minute to GB/hour)7.5e-9
bits per minute to Gibibytes per hour (bit/minute to GiB/hour)6.9849193096161e-9
bits per minute to Terabytes per hour (bit/minute to TB/hour)7.5e-12
bits per minute to Tebibytes per hour (bit/minute to TiB/hour)6.821210263297e-12
bits per minute to Bytes per day (bit/minute to Byte/day)180
bits per minute to Kilobytes per day (bit/minute to KB/day)0.18
bits per minute to Kibibytes per day (bit/minute to KiB/day)0.17578125
bits per minute to Megabytes per day (bit/minute to MB/day)0.00018
bits per minute to Mebibytes per day (bit/minute to MiB/day)0.0001716613769531
bits per minute to Gigabytes per day (bit/minute to GB/day)1.8e-7
bits per minute to Gibibytes per day (bit/minute to GiB/day)1.6763806343079e-7
bits per minute to Terabytes per day (bit/minute to TB/day)1.8e-10
bits per minute to Tebibytes per day (bit/minute to TiB/day)1.6370904631913e-10
bits per minute to Bytes per month (bit/minute to Byte/month)5400
bits per minute to Kilobytes per month (bit/minute to KB/month)5.4
bits per minute to Kibibytes per month (bit/minute to KiB/month)5.2734375
bits per minute to Megabytes per month (bit/minute to MB/month)0.0054
bits per minute to Mebibytes per month (bit/minute to MiB/month)0.005149841308594
bits per minute to Gigabytes per month (bit/minute to GB/month)0.0000054
bits per minute to Gibibytes per month (bit/minute to GiB/month)0.000005029141902924
bits per minute to Terabytes per month (bit/minute to TB/month)5.4e-9
bits per minute to Tebibytes per month (bit/minute to TiB/month)4.9112713895738e-9

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