Measurement unit conversion: mebibyte

›› Measurement unit: mebibyte

Full name: mebibyte

Plural form: mebibytes

Symbol: MiB

Category type: computer data storage

Scale factor: 1048576

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›› Definition: Mebibyte

The mebibyte (a contraction of mega binary byte) is a unit of digital information storage. It is equal to 1,024 kibibytes.

Note that this site defines the megabyte as 2²⁰ bytes, equivalent to the mebibyte. Some sites define the megabyte as 10⁶ bytes to distinguish it from the mebibyte, but most users prefer the non-SI form.

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