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mebibyte

/ˈmɛbɪˌbaɪt/

mebibyte noun: strictly, 2²⁰ (1024², or 1,048,576) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) kibibytes, as opposed to a megabyte.

Noun

mebibyte (plural mebibytes)

  1. Strictly, 2²⁰ (1024², or 1,048,576) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) kibibytes, as opposed to a megabyte.
    • At a minimum, a textual (command-line) system requires 256 mebibytes of RAM and a graphical (desktop) system requires 384-512 mebibytes of RAM.2012, Mark G. Sobell, A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 29
    Synonyms:
    MiB

Synonyms of mebibyte

Forms of mebibyte

pluralmebibytes

Origin of mebibyte

From mebi- + byte.

Questions about mebibyte

What does mebibyte mean?
Mebibyte means strictly, 2²⁰ (1024², or 1,048,576) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) kibibytes, as opposed to a megabyte.
What part of speech is mebibyte?
Mebibyte is a noun.
How do you pronounce mebibyte?
Mebibyte is pronounced /ˈmɛbɪˌbaɪt/.
What is the plural of mebibyte?
The plural of mebibyte is mebibytes.

Words near mebibyte in the dictionary

  1. mebhydrolin
  2. mebhydroline
  3. mebi-
  4. mebibit
  5. mebibits
  6. mebibyte
  7. mebibytes
  8. Mebin
  9. mebiquine
  10. mebles
  11. mebolazine

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