gibibyte

See also: Gibibyte

English

Etymology

gibi- +‎ byte

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪbɪˌbaɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

gibibyte (plural gibibytes)

(computing) Strictly, 2³⁰ (1024³, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a gigabyte.
- 2004, Carla Schroder, Linux Cookbook: Practical Advice for Linux System Administrators‎, O'Reilly, →ISBN:
  In the example above, it appears that using gigabytes inflates the drive capacity by well over one gigabyte (or gibibyte—take your pick).

Synonyms

GiB

Coordinate terms

Previous: mebibyte
Next: tebibyte

Translations

2³⁰ bytes

Esperanto: gibibitoko
Finnish: gibitavu
French: gibioctet (fr) m
Georgian: გიბიბაიტი (gibibaiṭi)
German: Gibibyte (de) n
Japanese: ギビバイト (gibibaito)
Russian: гибиба́йт (ru) m (gibibájt)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gibibyte.

Noun

gibibyte m (invariable)

gibibyte

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