Gibibytes (GiB) | Tebibytes (TiB) |
---|---|
0 | 0 |
1 | 0.0009765625 |
2 | 0.001953125 |
3 | 0.0029296875 |
4 | 0.00390625 |
5 | 0.0048828125 |
6 | 0.005859375 |
7 | 0.0068359375 |
8 | 0.0078125 |
9 | 0.0087890625 |
10 | 0.009765625 |
20 | 0.01953125 |
30 | 0.029296875 |
40 | 0.0390625 |
50 | 0.048828125 |
60 | 0.05859375 |
70 | 0.068359375 |
80 | 0.078125 |
90 | 0.087890625 |
100 | 0.09765625 |
1000 | 0.9765625 |
Gibibytes (GiB) and Tebibytes (TiB) are units of measure used in computing to quantify digital information. They are based on binary multiples. Here’s how to convert between them and understand their use.
1 Tebibyte is 1024 Gibibytes when expressed in base 2.
1 GiB = TiB
Therefore,
While Gibibytes and Tebibytes are specifically binary-based units, in a base-10 (decimal) context, we might look at Gigabytes (GB, decimal-based) and Terabytes (TB, decimal-based).
1 Terabyte is 1000 Gigabytes. However, for clarity:
A common confusion occurs in the distinction between GB (base 10) and GiB (base 2), as well as TB (base 10) and TiB (base 2).
Portable Hard Drives:
Cloud Storage:
RAM (Random Access Memory):
SSD (Solid State Drive):
Understanding these conversions helps in correctly interpreting specifications and planning for storage needs in various computing contexts.
See below section for step by step unit conversion with formulas and explanations. Please refer to the table below for a list of all the Tebibytes to other unit conversions.
A gigabyte (GB) is a unit of digital information that represents the amount of data stored in a computer or other electronic device. It's equivalent to 1,073,741,824 bytes (or 1024 megabytes).
To break it down further:
Now, let's talk about gibibytes!
A gibibyte (GiB) is a unit of digital information that represents the amount of data stored in a computer or other electronic device. The key difference between gibibytes and gigabytes is the way they're defined:
That's about a 4.88% difference!
Gibibytes were introduced in 1998 by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), which is the organization responsible for standardizing many units of measurement in computing.
The use of gibibytes is not as widespread as gigabytes, but it's still used in some contexts to provide a more precise representation of digital storage capacity.
A term that's not as commonly used in everyday conversation!
A tebibyte (TiB) is a unit of digital information storage capacity. It's part of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) binary prefix system, which was adopted by most countries to standardize the way we express and compare data storage sizes.
One tebibyte is equal to 1 trillion bytes (10^12 bytes). In other words:
1 TiB = 1024 gigabytes (GB) 1 TiB = 2.048 terabytes (TB)
To put this in perspective, here are some rough estimates of the size of various media and data storage devices using tebibytes:
While tebibytes are not commonly used in everyday conversation, they're an important part of the technical vocabulary for anyone working with large data storage capacities.
Convert 1 GiB to other units | Result |
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Gibibytes to Bits (GiB to b) | 8589934592 |
Gibibytes to Kilobits (GiB to Kb) | 8589934.592 |
Gibibytes to Kibibits (GiB to Kib) | 8388608 |
Gibibytes to Megabits (GiB to Mb) | 8589.934592 |
Gibibytes to Mebibits (GiB to Mib) | 8192 |
Gibibytes to Gigabits (GiB to Gb) | 8.589934592 |
Gibibytes to Gibibits (GiB to Gib) | 8 |
Gibibytes to Terabits (GiB to Tb) | 0.008589934592 |
Gibibytes to Tebibits (GiB to Tib) | 0.0078125 |
Gibibytes to Bytes (GiB to B) | 1073741824 |
Gibibytes to Kilobytes (GiB to KB) | 1073741.824 |
Gibibytes to Kibibytes (GiB to KiB) | 1048576 |
Gibibytes to Megabytes (GiB to MB) | 1073.741824 |
Gibibytes to Mebibytes (GiB to MiB) | 1024 |
Gibibytes to Gigabytes (GiB to GB) | 1.073741824 |
Gibibytes to Terabytes (GiB to TB) | 0.001073741824 |
Gibibytes to Tebibytes (GiB to TiB) | 0.0009765625 |