text: what the difference between kb  and mb files? ................. the standard measurement units that are used online and on your family's computer are gigabytes, megabytes, kilobytes and bytes.   largest               larger                  large                basic unit  gigabyte (gb)    megabyte (mb)    kilobyte (kb)    byte   exact conversion 1,024 byte = 1 kilobyte (kb)  1,024 kilobyte (kb) = 1 megabyte (mb) 1,073,741,824 bytes = 1 gigabyte (gb)  1 gigabyte (gb) = 1,024 megabyte (mb)