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KiB

KiB

7.6
A unit for measuring computer storage equal to 1024 bytes
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : KiB
  • The file size is 512 KiB.

Examples

  • The log file is approximately 256 KiB in size.

  • I downloaded a document of 256 KiB.

  • A small text file may take up only a few KiB of storage.

  • This hard drive has a capacity of 500,000 KiB.

  • A small text file may take up only a few KiB of storage.

  • The log file is approximately 256 KiB in size.

  • This hard drive has a capacity of 500,000 KiB.

Synonyms

kibibyte
vsKiB
  • Specialized
7.6

A unit of computer data equal to 1024 bytes

is the same unit but shown as an abbreviated technical symbol

How Much

TiB
  • Specialized
7 7.7
GiB
  • Specialized
1 6.1
MiB
  • Specialized
1 7.3
KiB
  • Specialized
7.6

Surface Forms

KiB singular
KiBs plural

Morphology

KiB = kibibyte (transparent) = Ki + B

KiB is the standard abbreviation/IEC symbol for 'kibibyte' and directly represents the same unit (1024 bytes).

Etymology

KiB stands for kibibyte and comes from the parts kibi, a computer form of kilo that means 'thousand', and byte, the basic unit of digital information. So KiB is the computer 'kilo' of bytes, equal to 1024 bytes rather than 1000.