What is gibibyte (binary)?

A gibibyte is a binary data unit equal to 1,024 mebibytes, approximately 1.074 gigabytes. It is used by operating systems and technical documentation to express exact binary storage capacities.

What is byte?

A byte is a fundamental unit of digital information, typically comprising 8 bits. It is the standard unit for measuring file size, storage capacity, and data transfer quantities in computing.

Worked examples

1 gibibyte (binary) = 1.073742e+09 byte

1 byte = 1 byte

More Data conversions

• Convert gibibyte (binary) to byte
• Convert gibibyte (binary) to kilobyte (decimal)
• Convert gibibyte (binary) to megabyte (decimal)
• Convert gibibyte (binary) to gigabyte (decimal)
• Convert gibibyte (binary) to terabyte (decimal)
• Convert gibibyte (binary) to bit
• Convert gibibyte (binary) to kibibyte (binary)
• Convert gibibyte (binary) to mebibyte (binary)
• Convert gibibyte (binary) to tebibyte (binary)

Assumption: both decimal (kB, MB, GB, TB) and binary (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB) units are included.