<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>What are the Ki (kibi) and Mi (mebi) units?</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The ELinks Manual"><link rel="up" href="ch02.html" title="Chapter 2. Frequently Asked Questions"><link rel="prev" href="ch02s06.html" title="Which one to use?"><link rel="next" href="ch02s08.html" title="How can I get 256 colors?"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">What are the Ki (kibi) and Mi (mebi) units?</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch02s06.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 2. Frequently Asked Questions</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch02s08.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="section" title="What are the Ki (kibi) and Mi (mebi) units?"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="kibi-and-mebi"></a>What are the Ki (kibi) and Mi (mebi) units?</h2></div></div></div><p>They are binary units defined by
<a class="ulink" href="http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html" target="_top">the International System of Units</a>.
Examples:</p><div class="informaltable"><table border="1"><colgroup><col width="86pt" align="left"><col width="342pt" align="left"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">
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One kibibit
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1 Kibit = 2^10 bit = 1024 bit
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One mebibyte
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1 MiB = 2^20 B = 1 048 576 B
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