mebibyte

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/ˈmɛbɪˌbaɪt/

noun

Strictly, 2²⁰ (1024², or 1,048,576) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) kibibytes, as opposed to a megabyte.

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MiBmegabyteMMB
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Meanings

nounmebibyte (plural mebibytes)

plural mebibytes

  1. computingStrictly, 2²⁰ (1024², or 1,048,576) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) kibibytes, as opposed to a megabyte.

    At a minimum, a textual (command-line) system requires 256 mebibytes of RAM and a graphical (desktop) system requires 384-512 mebibytes of RAM.

    2012, Mark G. Sobell, A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 29

    Synonyms: MiB

Synonyms & antonyms

nounStrictly, 2²⁰ (1024², or 1,048,576) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) kibibytes, as opposed to a megabyte.

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MiB

More synonyms by meaning

nouna unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes

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megabyteMMBMiB
Broader
computer memory unit
Also see
mmbmegabytemib

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From mebi- + byte.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 兆比字節 /兆比字节, MiB
  • 兆比字節 /兆比字节1,048,576 bytes
  • MiB1,048,576 bytes
Esperanto mebibitoko
  • mebibitoko1,048,576 bytes
Finnish mebitavu
  • mebitavu1,048,576 bytes
French mébioctet
  • mébioctet1,048,576 bytes
German Mebibyte
  • Mebibyte1,048,576 bytes
Japanese メビバイト
  • メビバイト (mebibaito)1,048,576 bytes
Korean 메비바이트
  • 메비바이트 (mebibaiteu)1,048,576 bytes
Russian мебиба́йт
  • мебиба́йт (mebibájt)1,048,576 bytes
Cite this entry
APA

mebibyte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mebibyte

MLA

“mebibyte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mebibyte. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mebibyte,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mebibyte.

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