What is mebibyte (binary)?

A mebibyte is a binary data unit equal to 1,024 kibibytes, or 1,048,576 bytes. It is used in operating systems, RAM specifications, and software contexts where exact binary data sizes are required.

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 mebibyte (binary) = 1,048,576 byte

1 byte = 1 byte

More Data conversions

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

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