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gibibit

gibibit

9.9
A unit of digital information used in computing equal to 1,073,741,824 bits
  • noun
  • /ˈgɪbɪˌbɪt/
  • Specialized
: gibibit
  • The file size was measured in gibibits to ensure accuracy for large data transfers.

Examples

  • A high-speed network might transmit several gibibits per second.

  • The capacity of the storage device was labeled as 8 gibibits.

  • A gibibit is a large unit of digital information.

  • The file size is 5 gibibits.

  • The capacity of the storage device was labeled as 8 gibibits.

  • The file size was measured in gibibits to ensure accuracy for large data transfers.

  • A high-speed network might transmit several gibibits per second.

Synonyms

Gibit
vsgibibit
  • Specialized
8.8

A unit of information equal to 1,073,741,824 bits used in computing

is the same unit but uses an alternate name or spelling

How Large

Zibit
  • Specialized
1 9.9
pebibit
  • Specialized
9.9
tebibit
  • Specialized
9.9
gibibit
  • Specialized
9.9
mebibit
  • Specialized
9.5
kibibit
  • Specialized
9.9
bit
  • Specialized
68 4.4

Surface Forms

gibibit singular
gibibits plural

Morphology

gibibit = bit (semi-transparent) = gibi + bit

Formally built from the technical binary prefix 'gibi' (meaning 2^30) plus 'bit'; the formation is regular but the numeric value is specialized and may be unfamiliar to general learners.

Etymology

Gibibit breaks into gibi- and bit. The gibi- part is like giga- (as in gigabyte) but made for binary numbers and means '2^30' or 'about one billion', and bit means 'binary digit', the smallest piece of data, so a gibibit is a very large number of bits used to measure digital information.