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mebibyte

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmɛbɪˌbaɪt/
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noun

Meaning 1

Strictly, 220 (10242, or 1,048,576) bytes or 210 (1024) kibibytes, as opposed to a megabyte.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: megabyte, M, MB, MiB

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: computer memory unit

History

Etymology

From mebi- + byte.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 兆比字節 /兆比字节 — 1,048,576 bytes
  • Chinese Mandarin: MiB — 1,048,576 bytes
  • Esperanto: mebibitoko — 1,048,576 bytes
  • Finnish: mebitavu — 1,048,576 bytes
  • French: mébioctet — 1,048,576 bytes
  • Georgian: მებიბაიტი (mebibaiṭi) — 1,048,576 bytes
  • German: Mebibyte — 1,048,576 bytes
  • Japanese: メビバイト (mebibaito) — 1,048,576 bytes
  • Korean: 메비바이트 (mebibaiteu) — 1,048,576 bytes
  • Russian: мебиба́йт (mebibájt) — 1,048,576 bytes