kibibyte

From kibi- +‎ byte.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪbɪˌbaɪt/

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kibibyte (plural kibibytes)

1. (computing) Strictly, 2¹⁰ (1,024) bytes, as opposed to a kilobyte.
   • 2018, Simson L. Garfinkel, Rachel H. Grunspan, The Computer Book: From the Abacus to Artificial Intelligence‎^[1], New York: Sterling, →ISBN:

     The computer's operating system and applications all fit with within 32 kibibytes of read-only memory (ROM); much of the code in the ROM was personally written by Bill Gates.

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