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kibibyte

/ˈkɪbɪˌbaɪt/

kibibyte noun: strictly, 2¹⁰ (1,024) bytes, as opposed to a kilobyte.

Noun

kibibyte (plural kibibytes)

  1. Strictly, 2¹⁰ (1,024) bytes, as opposed to a kilobyte.
    • The computer's operating system and applications all fit with within 32 kibibytes of read-only memory (ROM); much of the code in the ROM was personally written by Bill Gates.2018, Simson L. Garfinkel, Rachel H. Grunspan, The Computer Book: From the Abacus to Artificial Intelligence, New York: Sterling, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    KiB

Synonyms of kibibyte

Forms of kibibyte

pluralkibibytes

Origin of kibibyte

From kibi- + byte.

Questions about kibibyte

What does kibibyte mean?
Kibibyte means strictly, 2¹⁰ (1,024) bytes, as opposed to a kilobyte.
What part of speech is kibibyte?
Kibibyte is a noun.
How do you pronounce kibibyte?
Kibibyte is pronounced /ˈkɪbɪˌbaɪt/.
What is the plural of kibibyte?
The plural of kibibyte is kibibytes.

Words near kibibyte in the dictionary

  1. Kibet
  2. Kibets
  3. kibi-
  4. kibibit
  5. kibibits
  6. kibibyte
  7. kibibytes
  8. kibinago
  9. Kibit
  10. kibitka
  11. kibitkas

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