kibibyte
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The official ISO[?] name for 1024 bytes, to distinguish it from 1000 bytes which they call a kilobyte. "Mebibyte", "Gibibyte", etc, are prefixes for other powers of 1024. Although this new naming standard has been widely reported in 2003, it seems unlikely to catch on.
Last updated: 2003-09-27
Nearby terms:
Khornerstone ♦ Khwarizmi ♦ ki ♦ kibibyte ♦ KIBO ♦ kiboze ♦ kick ♦ kicking dead whales down the beach
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