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Kibibyte

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000655

A unit of digital information equal to 2^10 bytes, or 1,024 bytes. This binary prefix was introduced by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) to distinguish it from the kilobyte, which in the International System of Units (SI) represents 1,000 bytes. The symbol for kibibyte is KiB.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000655
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectBits and Bytes
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000655",
  "term": "Kibibyte",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A unit of digital information equal to 2^10 bytes, or 1,024 bytes. This binary prefix was introduced by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) to distinguish it from the kilobyte, which in the International System of Units (SI) represents 1,000 bytes. The symbol for kibibyte is KiB.",
  "subject": "Bits and Bytes",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/kibibyte/"
}

Record 718 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.