Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kibibyte

/ˈkɪbɪˌbaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kibibyte
IPA: /ˈkɪbɪˌbaɪt/

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Strictly, 2¹⁰ (1,024) bytes, as opposed to a kilobyte.

Example Sentences

"The computer's operating system and applications all fit with within 32 kibibytes of read-only memory (ROM); much of the code in the ROM was personally written by Bill Gates."

Etymology

From kibi- + byte.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: kibi

Inflected Forms

kibibytes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

byte mebibyte

Synonyms

KiB kilobyte k kb

Questions

How do you pronounce kibibyte?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɪbɪˌbaɪt/.
What does kibibyte mean?: Strictly, 2¹⁰ (1,024) bytes, as opposed to a kilobyte.
Where does kibibyte come from?: From kibi- + byte.

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