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mebibyte
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Princeton's WordNet
megabyte, mebibyte, M, MB, MiBnoun
a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
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mebibytenoun
2 (1,048,576) bytes. Abbreviated MiB.
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mebibyte
A mebibyte is a unit of digital information storage used predominantly in the field of computer science. It is equivalent to 1,048,576 bytes or 1,024 kibibytes. The term "mebibyte" was coined to distinguish between the metric and binary definitions of the megabyte - the former being 1,000,000 bytes by international standards, and the latter traditionally defined in computing contexts as 1,048,576 bytes.
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Mebibyte
The mebibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The binary prefix mebi means 220, therefore 1 mebibyte is 1048576 bytes. The unit symbol for the mebibyte is MiB. The unit was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission in 2000. It was designed to replace the megabyte used in some computer science contexts to mean 220 bytes, which is similar to the SI definition of the prefix mega but conflicts with it. The unit has been accepted for use by all major standards organizations, but has seen little usage in the computer industry. The unit megabyte, formally meaning 1000000bytes, is still commonly used in place of this unit.
Editors Contribution
mebibyte
Is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
This unit was established by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 1998. It was designed to replace the megabyte.
Submitted by MaryC on December 6, 2015
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mebibyte in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mebibyte in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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