A kibibit (a contraction of kilo binary digit) is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Kibit, or sometimes Kib. (Note that the abbreviation is capitalized, while kbit is not.) This article is about the unit of information. ... An SI prefix (also known as a metric prefix) is a name or associated symbol that precedes a unit of measure (or its symbol) to form a decimal multiple or submultiple. ... // In computing, binary prefixes can be used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten (such as computer memory sizes). ... Look up si, Si, SI in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... // In computing, binary prefixes can be used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten (such as computer memory sizes). ... A kilobit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated kbit or sometimes kb. ... The Megabit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated Mbit or sometimes Mb. ... A mebibit (a contraction of mega binary binary digit) is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Mibit or sometimes Mib. ... A gigabit is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Gbit or sometimes Gb. ... A gibibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... A terabit 1 terabit = 1012 bits = 1,000,000,000,000 bits (one trillion, long scale: one billion) The terabit is closely related to the tebibit, which is equal to 240 bits. ... A tebibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... A petabit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... A pebibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... An exabit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... A exbibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... A zettabit is a unit of information or computer storage. ... In computing, binary prefixes are often used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten. ... A yottabit is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Ybit or sometimes Yb. ... In computing, binary prefixes are often used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten. ... The ASCII codes for the word Wikipedia represented in binary, the numeral system most commonly used for encoding computer information. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A kilobit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated kbit or sometimes kb. ...

1 kibibit = 2¹⁰ bits = 1,024 bits

1 kibibit = 2⁷ bytes = 128 bytes

The kibibit is closely related to the kilobit, which can either be a synonym for kibibit, or refer to 10³ bits = 1,000 bits, depending on context. This article is about the unit of information. ... In computer science a byte (pronounced bite) is a unit of measurement of information storage, most often consisting of eight bits. ... A kilobit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated kbit or sometimes kb. ...

The National Institute of Science and Technologies notes that "it is important to recognize that the new prefixes for binary multiples are not part of the International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system." It should also be noted that they are not in general use among professional software and electrical engineers, who generally use decimal prefixes when referring to binary quantities.

See also

• Kilobit
• Kibibyte
• Kibibit per second
• Binary prefix
• SI prefix
• Orders of magnitude (data)