Gigabyte vs. Gibibyte

Gigabyte vs. Gibibyte — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Gigabyte and Gibibyte

Gigabytenoun

(SI) 109, one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes. SI symbol: GB

Gibibytenoun

(computing) Strictly, 230 (1,073,741,824) bytes, as opposed to a gigabyte.

Gigabytenoun

(computing) a gibibyte or 10243 (1,073,741,824) bytes.

Gigabytenoun

a unit of information equal to one billion (1,073,741,824) bytes or 1024 megabytes

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