Kibibyte
| Multiples of bytes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decimal prefixes | Binary prefixes | |||||
| Name | Symbol | Multiple | Name | Symbol | Multiple | |
| kilobyte | kB | 103 | kibibyte | KiB | 210 | |
| megabyte | MB | 106 | mebibyte | MiB | 220 | |
| gigabyte | GB | 109 | gibibyte | GiB | 230 | |
| terabyte | TB | 1012 | tebibyte | TiB | 240 | |
| petabyte | PB | 1015 | pebibyte | PiB | 250 | |
| exabyte | EB | 1018 | exbibyte | EiB | 260 | |
| zettabyte | ZB | 1021 | ||||
| yottabyte | YB | 1024 | ||||
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 103 bytes = 1 000 bytes (see binary prefix).