Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mebibyte

/ˈmɛbɪˌbaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mebibyte
IPA: /ˈmɛbɪˌbaɪt/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"At a minimum, a textual (command-line) system requires 256 mebibytes of RAM and a graphical (desktop) system requires 384-512 mebibytes of RAM."

Etymology

From mebi- + byte.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mebi

Inflected Forms

mebibytes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

kibibyte gibibyte

Synonyms

MiB megabyte m mb

Questions

How do you pronounce mebibyte?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛbɪˌbaɪt/.
What does mebibyte mean?: Strictly, 2²⁰ (1024², or 1,048,576) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) kibibytes, as opposed to a megabyte.
Where does mebibyte come from?: From mebi- + byte.

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