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Bit rates | ||
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Decimal prefixes (SI) | ||
Name | Symbol | Multiple |
kilobit per second | kbit/s | 103 |
megabit per second | Mbit/s | 106 |
gigabit per second | Gbit/s | 109 |
terabit per second | Tbit/s | 1012 |
Binary prefixes (IEC 60027-2) | ||
kibibit per second | Kibit/s | 210 |
mebibit per second | Mibit/s | 220 |
gibibit per second | Gibit/s | 230 |
tebibit per second | Tibit/s | 240 |
Multiples of bits
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SI decimal prefixes | Binary usage |
IEC binary prefixes | ||
Name (Symbol) |
Value | Name (Symbol) |
Value | |
kilobit (kbit) | 103 | 210 | kibibit (Kibit) | 210 |
megabit (Mbit) | 106 | 220 | mebibit (Mibit) | 220 |
gigabit (Gbit) | 109 | 230 | gibibit (Gibit) | 230 |
terabit (Tbit) | 1012 | 240 | tebibit (Tibit) | 240 |
petabit (Pbit) | 1015 | 250 | pebibit (Pibit) | 250 |
exabit (Ebit) | 1018 | 260 | exbibit (Eibit) | 260 |
zettabit (Zbit) | 1021 | 270 | zebibit (Zibit) | 270 |
yottabit (Ybit) | 1024 | 280 | yobibit (Yibit) | 280 |
See also: Nibble · Byte · Multiples of bytes Orders of magnitude of data |
Multiples of bytes
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SI decimal prefixes | Binary usage |
IEC binary prefixes | ||
Name (Symbol) |
Value | Name (Symbol) |
Value | |
kilobyte (kB) | 103 | 210 | kibibyte (KiB) | 210 |
megabyte (MB) | 106 | 220 | mebibyte (MiB) | 220 |
gigabyte (GB) | 109 | 230 | gibibyte (GiB) | 230 |
terabyte (TB) | 1012 | 240 | tebibyte (TiB) | 240 |
petabyte (PB) | 1015 | 250 | pebibyte (PiB) | 250 |
exabyte (EB) | 1018 | 260 | exbibyte (EiB) | 260 |
zettabyte (ZB) | 1021 | 270 | zebibyte (ZiB) | 270 |
yottabyte (YB) | 1024 | 280 | yobibyte (YiB) | 280 |
See also: Multiples of bits · Orders of magnitude of data |
- Disk-based memory (hard drives), solid state disk devices such as USB drives, DVD-based storage, bit rates, bus speeds, and network speeds, are specified using decimal meanings for k (10001), M (10002), G (10003), etc.
- Transistorized memory, such as RAM, ROM, flash and cache sizes as well as file sizes are specified using binary meanings for K (10241), M (10242), G (10243), etc.