Zebibyte
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The zebibyte (symbol ZiB) is a unit of digital information storage. It is a binary multiple of the byte (symbol B) obtained using the prefix zebi (symbol Zi).
1 zebibyte = 270 bytes = 1180591620717411303424bytes = 1,024 exbibytes
The zebi and yobi prefixes were originally not part of the system of binary prefixes, but were added by the International Electrotechnical Commission in August 2005.[1]
Usage examples
- GUID Partition Table (GPT) allows for a maximum disk and partition size of 8 zebibytes, or 9.4 zettabytes, when using 512-byte sectors.[2][3]
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- IEC 80000-13
- IEEE 1541
- Orders of magnitude (data)
- SI prefix
- Zebibit
References
- ↑ News & views from the IEC June 2012
- ↑ "FAQ: Drive Partition Limits" (PDF). UEFI Forum. 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
- ↑ Roderick W. Smith (2012-07-03). "Make the most of large drives with GPT and Linux". IBM. Retrieved 2013-05-29. "Disk pointers are 64 bits in size, meaning that GPT can handle disks of up to 512 x 264 bytes (8 zebibytes, or 8.6 billion TiB), assuming 512-byte sectors."
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