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- noun computing Strictly, 230 (1,073,741,824) bytes, as opposed to a
gigabyte .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
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The gibibyte is closely related to the gigabyte, which is defined as 109 bytes =
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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.
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The gibibyte is closely related to the gigabyte, which is defined as 109 bytes =
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The gibibyte is closely related to the gigabyte, which is defined as 109 bytes =
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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.
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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.
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This distinction continues in other units, e.g. megabyte (MB, 1000^2) versus mebibyte (MiB, 1024^2), and gigabyte (GB, 1000^3) versus gibibyte (GiB, 1024^3).
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