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Gibibyte

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001470

A unit of digital information storage, representing 2 to the power of 30 bytes. This measurement is part of the binary prefix system, which uses powers of two for its multipliers, providing a precise measure for memory and storage capacities in computing. One gibibyte is equivalent to 1,024 mebibytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001470
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectBits and Bytes
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-001470",
  "term": "Gibibyte",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A unit of digital information storage, representing 2 to the power of 30 bytes. This measurement is part of the binary prefix system, which uses powers of two for its multipliers, providing a precise measure for memory and storage capacities in computing. One gibibyte is equivalent to 1,024 mebibytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes.",
  "subject": "Bits and Bytes",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/gibibyte/"
}

Record 522 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.