| Prefixes for bit and byte multiples |
|
|
| Binary |
| Value |
IEC |
JEDEC |
| 1024 |
Ki |
kibi |
K |
kilo |
| 10242 |
Mi |
mebi |
M |
mega |
| 10243 |
Gi |
gibi |
G |
giga |
| 10244 |
Ti |
tebi |
|
|
| 10245 |
Pi |
pebi |
|
|
| 10246 |
Ei |
exbi |
|
|
| 10247 |
Zi |
zebi |
|
|
| 10248 |
Yi |
yobi |
|
|
|
The gibibyte (a contraction of gigabinary byte, pronounced GIH-bee-byte) is a standards-based binary multiple (prefix gibi-, symbol Gi-) of the byte, a unit of digital information storage. The gibibyte unit symbol is GiB.[1]
- 1 gibibyte = 230 bytes = 1073741824bytes = 1024 mebibytes
The gibibyte is closely related to the gigabyte, which is defined as 109 bytes = 1000000000bytes, but has been used as a synonym for gibibyte in some contexts (see binary prefix).
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