"gibibyte" meaning in English

See gibibyte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɪbɪˌbaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gibibyte.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gibibytes [plural]
Etymology: gibi- + byte Etymology templates: {{pre|en|gibi|byte}} gibi- + byte Head templates: {{en-noun}} gibibyte (plural gibibytes)
  1. (computing) Strictly, 2³⁰ (1024³, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a gigabyte. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: GiB Coordinate_terms (Next): tebibyte Coordinate_terms (Previous): mebibyte Translations (230 bytes): gibibitoko (Esperanto), gibitavu (Finnish), gibioctet [masculine] (French), გიბიბაიტი (gibibaiṭi) (Georgian), Gibibyte [neuter] (German), ギビバイト (gibibaito) (Japanese), гибиба́йт (gibibájt) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for gibibyte meaning in English (2.9kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gibi",
        "3": "byte"
      },
      "expansion": "gibi- + byte",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "gibi- + byte",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gibibytes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gibibyte (plural gibibytes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with gibi-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "sense": "Previous",
          "word": "mebibyte"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Next",
          "word": "tebibyte"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Carla Schroder, Linux Cookbook: Practical Advice for Linux System Administrators, O'Reilly",
          "text": "In the example above, it appears that using gigabytes inflates the drive capacity by well over one gigabyte (or gibibyte—take your pick).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Strictly, 2³⁰ (1024³, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a gigabyte."
      ],
      "id": "en-gibibyte-en-noun-rKQzqrca",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mebibytes",
          "mebibytes"
        ],
        [
          "gigabyte",
          "gigabyte"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Strictly, 2³⁰ (1024³, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a gigabyte."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "GiB"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "230 bytes",
          "word": "gibibitoko"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "230 bytes",
          "word": "gibitavu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "230 bytes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gibioctet"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gibibaiṭi",
          "sense": "230 bytes",
          "word": "გიბიბაიტი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "230 bytes",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Gibibyte"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gibibaito",
          "sense": "230 bytes",
          "word": "ギビバイト"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gibibájt",
          "sense": "230 bytes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гибиба́йт"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɪbɪˌbaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gibibyte.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gibibyte.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gibibyte.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gibibyte.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gibibyte.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gibibyte"
}
{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "sense": "Previous",
      "word": "mebibyte"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Next",
      "word": "tebibyte"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gibi",
        "3": "byte"
      },
      "expansion": "gibi- + byte",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "gibi- + byte",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gibibytes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gibibyte (plural gibibytes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms prefixed with gibi-",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Carla Schroder, Linux Cookbook: Practical Advice for Linux System Administrators, O'Reilly",
          "text": "In the example above, it appears that using gigabytes inflates the drive capacity by well over one gigabyte (or gibibyte—take your pick).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Strictly, 2³⁰ (1024³, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a gigabyte."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mebibytes",
          "mebibytes"
        ],
        [
          "gigabyte",
          "gigabyte"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Strictly, 2³⁰ (1024³, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a gigabyte."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɪbɪˌbaɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gibibyte.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gibibyte.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gibibyte.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gibibyte.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-gibibyte.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "GiB"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "230 bytes",
      "word": "gibibitoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "230 bytes",
      "word": "gibitavu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "230 bytes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gibioctet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gibibaiṭi",
      "sense": "230 bytes",
      "word": "გიბიბაიტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "230 bytes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gibibyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gibibaito",
      "sense": "230 bytes",
      "word": "ギビバイト"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gibibájt",
      "sense": "230 bytes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гибиба́йт"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gibibyte"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.