mebibyte
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mebibyte
- /ˈmɛbɪˌbaɪt/
Where it comes from
From mebi- + byte.
noun mebibytes
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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.
Similar: MiB
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Talk about this word "mebibyte." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mebibyte. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mebibyte. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mebibyte "mebibyte." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mebibyte.
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@misc{mebibyte_2026,
title = {mebibyte},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mebibyte},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
