Tebibit
Categories: Units of information
| Multiples of bits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SI prefixes | Binary prefixes | |||||
| Name | Symbol | Multiple | Name | Symbol | Multiple | |
| kilobit | kbit | 103 (or 210) | kibibit | Kibit | 210 | |
| megabit | Mbit | 106 (or 220) | mebibit | Mibit | 220 | |
| gigabit | Gbit | 109 (or 230) | gibibit | Gibit | 230 | |
| terabit | Tbit | 1012 (or 240) | tebibit | Tibit | 240 | |
| petabit | Pbit | 1015 (or 250) | pebibit | Pibit | 250 | |
| exabit | Ebit | 1018 (or 260) | exbibit | Eibit | 260 | |
| zettabit | Zbit | 1021 (or 270) | ||||
| yottabit | Ybit | 1024 (or 280) | ||||
A tebibit is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Tibit or sometimes Tib.
1 tebibit = 240 bits = 1,099,511,627,776 bits
The tebibit is closely related to the terabit, which can either be a synonym for tebibit, or refer to 1012 bits = 1,000,000,000,000 bits, depending on context.
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