gibibyte en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡɪbɪˌbaɪt/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From gibi- + byte.
Meanings
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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).
2004, Carla Schroder, Linux Cookbook: Practical Advice for Linux System Administrators, O'Reilly, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gibibytes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
tebibyte (Next) · mebibyte (Previous)
Synonyms
Translations (11)
de Gibibyte (230 bytes) · cmn 吉比字節 /吉比字节 (230 bytes) · fi gibitavu (230 bytes) · fr gibioctet (230 bytes) · ko 기비바이트 (230 bytes) · ka გიბიბაიტი (230 bytes) · cmn GiB (230 bytes) · it gibibyte (230 bytes) · ru гибиба́йт (230 bytes) · ja ギビバイト (230 bytes) · eo gibibitoko (230 bytes)