Kibibyte

//ˈkɪbɪˌbaɪt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Strictly, 2¹⁰ (1,024) bytes, as opposed to a kilobyte.

    "The computer's operating system and applications all fit with within 32 kibibytes of read-only memory (ROM); much of the code in the ROM was personally written by Bill Gates."

  2. 2
    a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes wordnet

Synonyms

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kibkkbkilobytekilobytemebibyte

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"The computer's operating system and applications all fit with within 32 kibibytes of read-only memory (ROM); much of the code in the ROM was personally written by Bill Gates."

Etymology

From kibi- + byte.

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