Gibibit

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v • d • e Quantities of bits
SI prefixes			Binary prefixes
Name (Symbol)	Standard SI	Binary usage	Name (Symbol)	Value
kilobit (kbit)	10³	2¹⁰	kibibit (Kibit)	2¹⁰
megabit (Mbit)	10⁶	2²⁰	mebibit (Mibit)	2²⁰
gigabit (Gbit)	10⁹	2³⁰	gibibit (Gibit)	2³⁰
terabit (Tbit)	10¹²	2⁴⁰	tebibit (Tibit)	2⁴⁰
petabit (Pbit)	10¹⁵	2⁵⁰	pebibit (Pibit)	2⁵⁰
exabit (Ebit)	10¹⁸	2⁶⁰	exbibit (Eibit)	2⁶⁰
zettabit (Zbit)	10²¹	2⁷⁰	zebibit (Zibit)	2⁷⁰
yottabit (Ybit)	10²⁴	2⁸⁰	yobibit (Yibit)	2⁸⁰

A gibibit (a contraction of giga binary digit) is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated as Gibit or Gib.

1 gibibit = 2³⁰ bits = 1,073,741,824 bits = 1,024 mebibits^[1]

The gibibit is closely related to the gigabit, which equals to 10⁹ bits = 1,000,000,000 bits, but sometimes used to denote the gibibit value in computer technology slang.