mebibyte

/ˈmɛbɪbaɪt/
noun
  1. A unit of digital information equal to 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes, used in computing to measure data size or memory capacity.
    • The hard drive's capacity is 500 gibibytes, which is 512,000 mebibytes.
    • The program requires 256 mebibytes of RAM to run smoothly.
    • A typical MP3 song is about 3 to 5 mebibytes in size.
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