It’s KibiByte
The unit used to measure the size of the binary data in the information technology world is Bit,Byte,KiloByte, MegaByte,etc.,
The actual measurement has a binary [bi] inbetween to define it belongs to the IT world. But for the convenience of us we are using the words commonly used in the decimal world.
| Binary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | FOLDOC | IEC | ||
| 10241 | K | kilo | Ki | kibi |
| 10242 | M | mega | Mi | mebi |
| 10243 | G | giga | Gi | gibi |
| 10244 | T | tera | Ti | tebi |
| 10245 | P | peta | Pi | pebi |
| 10246 | E | exa | Ei | exbi |
| 10247 | Z | zetta | Zi | zebi |
| 10248 | Y | yotta | Yi | yobi |
1 Kibibyte [1024] is 2.4% more than than 1 Kilobyte [1000] and the factor increases as the size increases.
Start using KibiByte
Cheers - Ranjith
