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gibibytes

gibibytes is the plural of gibibyte.

Meaning of gibibyte

Noun

gibibyte (plural gibibytes)

  1. Strictly, 2³⁰ (1024³, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a gigabyte.
    • In the example above, it appears that using gigabytes inflates the drive capacity by well over one gigabyte (or gibibyte—take your pick).2004, Carla Schroder, Linux Cookbook: Practical Advice for Linux System Administrators, O'Reilly, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    GiB

Questions about gibibytes

What is gibibytes the plural of?
Gibibytes is the plural of gibibyte.

Words near gibibytes in the dictionary

  1. gibfish
  2. gibi-
  3. gibibit
  4. gibibits
  5. gibibyte
  6. gibibytes
  7. gibing
  8. gibingly
  9. gibings
  10. Gibit
  11. gibleh

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