What is Mebibyte?
A '''mebibyte''' (a [[contraction]] of '''me'''ga '''bi'''nary '''byte''') is a unit of [[information]] or [[computer data storage]], symbol '''MiB'''. :1 MiB = 2<sup>20</sup> [[byte]]s = 1,048,576 bytes = 1,024 [[kibibyte]]s The mebibyte is closely related to the [[megabyte]] (MB). Megabyte can either be a synonym for mebibyte, or refer to 10<sup>6</sup> bytes = 1,000,000 bytes, depending on context (see [[binary prefix]] for background). The two numbers are relatively close together, but mistaking the two has nevertheless led to problems. The unit MiB was defined by the [[International Electrotechnical Commission]] (IEC) in December 1998. Use of mebibyte and related units is strongly endorsed by [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]] and [[International Committee for Weights and Measures|CIPM]] and is becoming more common. One mebibyte equals 1024 (= 2<sup>10</sup>) [[kibibyte]]s, and 1024 mebibytes equal one [[gibibyte]]. ==Related pages== *[[Megabyte]] *[[Kibibyte]] *[[Gibibyte]] *[[Tebibyte]] == Other websites == *[http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html NIST Prefixes for binary multiples] [[Category:Units of information]]