gibibyte

See also: Gibibyte

English

Etymology

From gibi- +‎ byte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪbɪˌbaɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

gibibyte (plural gibibytes)

1. (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^[1], 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)

1. gibibyte