kibibyte
/ˈkɪbɪbaɪt/
noun
- A unit of digital information equal to 2^10 (1,024) bytes, used in computing to measure data size.
- Many operating systems report file sizes in kibibytes rather than kilobytes for accuracy.
- The programmer checked the file, which was exactly one kibibyte of data.
- A typical short email might be about two kibibytes in size.