Definition of "kibibyte"

kibibyte

/ˈkɪbɪˌbaɪt/

noun
plural kibibytes
1. (computing) Strictly, 210 (1,024) bytes, as opposed to a kilobyte.
  Quotations
  The computer's operating system and applications all fit with within 32 kibibytes of read-only memory (ROM); much of the code in the ROM was personally written by Bill Gates.
  2018, Simson L. Garfinkel, Rachel H. Grunspan, The Computer Book: From the Abacus to Artificial Intelligence‎, New York: Sterling