Kibibyte (KiB)
The kibibyte is a unit of data, used for operating system memory reporting, Linux file sizes, and technical specifications. Its symbol is KiB.
KiB
GB
1 kibibyte equals
| Gigabytes | 0.000001024 GB |
| Megabytes | 0.001024 MB |
| Terabytes | 1.024e-9 TB |
About the kibibyte
The kibibyte (KiB) was introduced by the IEC in 1998 to unambiguously represent 1,024 bytes, resolving the confusion between decimal and binary kilobytes.
In everyday use the kibibyte appears in operating system memory reporting, Linux file sizes, and technical specifications. As a point of reference: 1 kibibyte equals 1,024 bytes, about 2.4% more than 1 kilobyte (1,000 bytes).