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plural gibibytes
(computing) Strictly, 230 (10243, or 1,073,741,824) bytes or 210 (1024) mebibytes, as opposed to a gigabyte. quotations examples
In the example above, it appears that using gigabytes inflates the drive capacity by well over one gigabyte (or gibibyte—take your pick).
2004, Carla Schroder, Linux Cookbook: Practical Advice for Linux System Administrators, O'Reilly