Gibibyte
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| Multiples of bytes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI prefix | Binary prefixes | |||||
| Name | Symbol | Multiple | Name | Symbol | Multiple | |
| kilobyte | kB | 103 (or 210) | kibibyte | KiB | 210 | |
| megabyte | MB | 106 (or 220) | mebibyte | MiB | 220 | |
| gigabyte | GB | 109 (or 230) | gibibyte | GiB | 230 | |
| terabyte | TB | 1012 (or 240) | tebibyte | TiB | 240 | |
| petabyte | PB | 1015 (or 250) | pebibyte | PiB | 250 | |
| exabyte | EB | 1018 (or 260) | exbibyte | EiB | 260 | |
| zettabyte | ZB | 1021 (or 270) | ||||
| yottabyte | YB | 1024 (or 280) | ||||
A gibibyte is a unit of information or computer storage. It is abbreviated GiB.
1 gibibyte = 230 bytes = 1 073 741 824 bytes
The gibibyte is closely related to the gigabyte, which can either be a synonym for gibibyte, or refer to 109 bytes = 1 000 000 000 bytes, depending on context (see binary prefix).
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