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Mebibyte

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000727

A unit of digital information storage equal to 2 to the power of 20, or 1,048,576, bytes. The mebibyte (MiB) is a binary prefix unit established by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) to unambiguously quantify byte multiples in powers of two. It is closely related to the megabyte (MB), which is defined by SI standards as 10 to the power of 6, or 1,000,000, bytes.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000727
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectBits and Bytes
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000727",
  "term": "Mebibyte",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A unit of digital information storage equal to 2 to the power of 20, or 1,048,576, bytes. The mebibyte (MiB) is a binary prefix unit established by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) to unambiguously quantify byte multiples in powers of two. It is closely related to the megabyte (MB), which is defined by SI standards as 10 to the power of 6, or 1,000,000, bytes.",
  "subject": "Bits and Bytes",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/mebibyte/"
}

Record 798 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.