Mebibit (Noun)
Meaning
A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibits or 2^20 (1,048,576) bits.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The computer's internal memory was measured in mebibits and megabytes for data storage and processing purposes.
- Transferring data through the old serial interface limited the total data transferred to several hundred mebibits per minute.
- Optical discs often store massive amounts of data, measured in millions of mebibits and exabytes.
- Network system files are typically measured in mebibits and smaller for data transmission and protocol efficiency.
- Developers measured firmware size requirements in mebibits to prevent exceeding memory restraints.