Mebibyte

A Mebibyte is a unit of information or computer storage.

1 Mebibyte = 2²⁰ bytes = 1 048 576 bytes

Kibibyte << Mebibyte << Gibibyte

The mebibyte is closely related to the megabyte, which is equal to 10⁶ bytes = 1 000 000 bytes

It is abbreviated Mi-, as in MiB for mebibytes.

Mibibyte is a common misspelling, presumably from the 'i' in the abbreviation. The 'i' is actually from the end of the prefix. Tebi- and pebi- are similarly abbreviated Ti- and Pi-, but they are not usually misspelled, as storage sizes (and corresponding terms) are only this large in specialized situations.

See also

• Binary prefix