gibibyte

noun
/ˈɡɪbɪˌbaɪt/

Etymology

From gibi- + byte.

Definitions

  1. Strictly, 2³⁰ (1024³, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a…

    Strictly, 2³⁰ (1024³, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a gigabyte.

    • In the example above, it appears that using gigabytes inflates the drive capacity by well over one gigabyte (or gibibyte—take your pick).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gibibyte. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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