Exbibyte

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Multiples of bytes
Decimal prefixes				Binary prefixes
Name	Symbol	Multiple		Name	Symbol	Multiple
kilobyte	kB	103		kibibyte	KiB	210
megabyte	MB	106		mebibyte	MiB	220
gigabyte	GB	109		gibibyte	GiB	230
terabyte	TB	1012		tebibyte	TiB	240
petabyte	PB	1015		pebibyte	PiB	250
exabyte	EB	1018		exbibyte	EiB	260
zettabyte	ZB	1021
yottabyte	YB	1024

A exbibyte is a unit of information or computer storage, commonly abbreviated "EiB".

1 exbibyte = 2⁶⁰ bytes = 1 152 921 504 606 846 976 bytes

The exbibyte is closely related to the exabyte, which can either be a synonym for exbibyte, or refer to 10¹⁸ bytes = 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 bytes, depending on context (see binary prefix).

See also

• exabyte
• exbibit
• binary prefix
• orders of magnitude (data)
• SI prefix

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