Mebibit

Multiples of bits
Decimal
Value SI
1000 103 kbit kilobit
10002 106 Mbit megabit
10003 109 Gbit gigabit
10004 1012 Tbit terabit
10005 1015 Pbit petabit
10006 1018 Ebit exabit
10007 1021 Zbit zettabit
10008 1024 Ybit yottabit
Binary
Value IEC JEDEC
1024 210 Kibit kibibit Kbit kilobit
10242 220 Mibit mebibit Mbit megabit
10243 230 Gibit gibibit Gbit gigabit
10244 240 Tibit tebibit -
10245 250 Pibit pebibit -
10246 260 Eibit exbibit -
10247 270 Zibit zebibit -
10248 280 Yibit yobibit -
See also
Nibble
Byte
Orders of magnitude of data

The mebibit is a multiple of the bit, a unit of information, prefixed by the standards-based multiplier "mebi" (symbol Mi), a binary prefix meaning 220.[1][2] The unit symbol of the mebibit is Mibit.

1 mebibit = 220 bits = 1048576bits = 1024 kibibits[3]

This unit is most useful for measuring RAM and ROM chip capacity.

The mebibit is closely related to the megabit which equals 106 bits = 1,000,000 bits.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, video game manufacturers would sometimes report the amount of internal cartridge ROM (in megabits) on their packaging. 1 megabit equaled 128 kibibyte; 8 megabits were 1 mebibyte of ROM containing game instructions and data.


See also

References

  1. ↑ International Electrotechnical Commission, IEC 60027-2 (2000-11) Ed. 2.0
  2. ↑ A.J. Thor (2000). "Prefixes for binary multiples" (PDF). Metrologica. 37 (81): 81. doi:10.1088/0026-1394/37/1/12.
  3. ↑ Definitions of the SI units: The binary prefixes
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