Gibibyte

The gibibyte 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 ). In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB.

See also

v • d • e Multiples of bytes
SI decimal prefixes			IEC binary prefixes
Name (Symbol)	Standard SI	Binary usage	Name (Symbol)	Value
kilobyte (kB)	103	210	kibibyte (KiB)	210
megabyte (MB)	106	220	mebibyte (MiB)	220
gigabyte (GB)	109	230	gibibyte (GiB)	230
terabyte (TB)	1012	240	tebibyte (TiB)	240
petabyte (PB)	1015	250	pebibyte (PiB)	250
exabyte (EB)	1018	260	exbibyte (EiB)	260
zettabyte (ZB)	1021	270	zebibyte (ZiB)	270
yottabyte (YB)	1024	280	yobibyte (YiB)	280
See also: Multiples of bits · Orders of magnitude of data

• Megabyte
• Mebibyte
• Terabyte
• SI prefix
• IEEE 1541
• JEDEC memory standards
• Orders of magnitude (data)

References

v • d • e Units of information Base units Bit · Byte Related units Nibble · Word · Octet Traditional units Kilobyte · Megabyte · Gigabyte · Terabyte · Petabyte · Exabyte · Zettabyte · Yottabyte IEC standard units Kibibyte · Mebibyte · Gibibyte · Tebibyte · Pebibyte · Exbibyte · Zebibyte · Yobibyte Bit-based units Kilobit · Megabit · Gigabit · Terabit · Petabit · Exabit · Zettabit · Yottabit

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