Binary prefix
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binary-prefix-204-16571790
title:
Binary prefix
text:
A binary prefix is a unit prefix that indicates a multiple of a unit of measurement by an integer power of two. The most commonly used binary prefixes are kibi, mebi, and gibi. They are most often used in information technology as multipliers of bit and byte, when expressing the capacity of storage devices or the size of computer files. The binary prefixes "kibi", "mebi", etc. were defined in 1999 by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), in the IEC 60027-2 standard. They were mean
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description:
Symbol placed before units of digital information to indicate multiplication by a power of two
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
date created:
2001-08-23T13:50:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T09:50:48Z
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