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Gibibyte

//ˈɡɪbɪˌbaɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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)."

  2. 2
    a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes wordnet

Etymology

From gibi- + byte.

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