kibibyte
/ˈkɪbibaɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɪbibaɪt/ (ame, ipa)
kibibyte — 名詞
- kibibytesingular
- kibibytesplural
1. A binary-based unit used to measure computer data or storage capacity, equal to
KiB
電腦二進位儲存單位，1024位元組
A binary-based unit used to measure computer data or storage capacity, equal to 1,024 bytes (the 10th power of 2). Unlike the kilobyte (which is 1,000 bytes in decimal contexts), the kibibyte always uses powers of 2 and is the standard unit for reporting memory sizes and file-system blocks.
Keiko downloaded a font file that was exactly 64 kibibytes in size.
Keiko 下載了一個字型檔，大小正好是 64 KiB。
The old cartridge stored 16 kibibytes of game code and save data.
那張舊卡匣儲存了 16 KiB 的遊戲程式和存檔資料。
contrast with kilobyte (KB = 1000 bytes) — KiB uses binary
When Jing formatted the flash drive, the smallest block unit was set to 1 kibibyte.
Jing 格式化隨身碟時，將最小區塊單位設為 1 KiB。
Disk utilities often report partition alignment in whole kibibytes rather than kilobytes.
磁碟工具程式通常以整數 KiB 來顯示分割區對齊，而非用 KB。
The system log showed that only 512 free kibibytes remained on the embedded device.
系統紀錄顯示該嵌入式裝置只剩 512 KiB 的可用空間。
- KiB
the standard abbreviation; used in technical writing and system tools instead of the full word
文法句型
number + kibibyte(s) of + [data/memory/storage]
用法筆記
Kibibyte (KiB) and kilobyte (KB) are often confused. Kilobyte uses the decimal prefix 'kilo-' meaning 1,000; kibibyte uses the binary prefix 'kibi-' meaning 1,024. Many operating systems display file sizes in kibibytes but label them as 'KB'. Tools that follow the IEC standard show KiB when the value is computed in powers of 2.