kibibyte

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kibibyte

/ˈkɪbɪˌbaɪt/

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From kibi- + byte.

noun kibibytes

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.
Similar: KiB

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noun 1,024 bytes

한국어	키비바이트 kibibaiteu
日本語	キビバイト kibibaito
中文	千比字節 /千比字节, KiB
Français	kibioctet
Deutsch	Kibibyte
Русский	кибиба́йт kibibájt

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@misc{kibibyte_2026,
  title = {kibibyte},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kibibyte},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}