A mebibit (a contraction of mega binary binary digit) is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Mibit or sometimes Mib. 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. ... 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. ... A kilobit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated kbit or sometimes kb. ... A kibibit is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Kibit, or sometimes Kib. ... The Megabit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated Mbit or sometimes Mb. ... 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 (derived from the SI prefix yotta) is a unit of measurement in computers of one million million million million (American septillion, European quadrillion) bits. ... 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 or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

1 mebibit = 2²⁰ bits = 1,048,576 bits = 1024 kibibits

This unit is most useful for measuring RAM and ROM chip capacity. This article is about the unit of information. ... A kibibit is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Kibit, or sometimes Kib. ... Random access memory (usually known by its acronym, RAM) is a type of data storage used in computers. ... Read-only memory (often referred to as its acronym ROM) is a class of storage media used in computers and other electronic devices. ...

The mebibit is closely related to the megabit, which equals to 10⁶ bits = 1,000,000 bits, but sometimes used to denote the mebibit value in computer technology slang. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, video game manufacturers would sometimes boast the amount of internal cartridge ROM (in “megabits”) on their packaging, as a selling point. One “megabit” would equate to 128 KiB; 8 “megabits” would equal one mebibyte of ROM containing game instructions and data. The Megabit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated Mbit or sometimes Mb. ... A kibibyte (a contraction of kilo binary byte) is a unit of information or computer storage, commonly abbreviated KiB (never kiB). 1 kibibyte = 210 bytes = 1,024 bytes The kibibyte is closely related to the kilobyte, which can be used either as a synonym for kibibyte or to refer to... A mebibyte (a contraction of mega binary byte) is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated MiB. 1 MiB = 220 bytes = 1,048,576 bytes = 1,024 kibibytes 1 MiB = 1024 (= 210) kibibytes (KiB), and 1024 MiB equal one gibibyte (GiB). ...

See also

• Megabit
• Mebibit per second
• Binary prefix
• SI prefix
• Orders of magnitude (data)