Gibibit per second
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| Bit rates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Decimal prefixes (SI) | ||
| Name | Symbol | Multiple |
| kilobit per second | kbit/s | 103 |
| megabit per second | Mbit/s | 106 |
| gigabit per second | Gbit/s | 109 |
| terabit per second | Tbit/s | 1012 |
| Binary prefixes (IEC 60027-2) |
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| kibibit per second | Kibit/s | 210 |
| mebibit per second | Mibit/s | 220 |
| gibibit per second | Gibit/s | 230 |
| tebibit per second | Tibit/s | 240 |
A gibibit per second (Gibit/s) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to 1,024 mebibits per second or 1,048,576 kibibits per second or 1,073,741,824 bits per second.
[edit] Related units
Another unit of data transmission is the gibibyte per second (GiB/s or Gibyte/s) and is eight times a gibibit per second:
- 1 gibibyte/s = 8 gibibit/s
One gibibit per second should not be confused with one gigabit per second:
- 109 bit/s = 1,000,000,000 bit/s = 1 Gbit/s (one gigabit or one billion bits per second)
- 230 bit/s = 1,073,741,824 bit/s = 1 Gibit/s (one gibibit per second)
