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== Definitions == {{anchor|kibi|mebi|gibi|tebi|pebi|exbi|zebi|yobi|robi|quebi|IEC standard prefixes}} {| style="margin:auto;" class="wikitable" |+ Specific units of IEC 60027-2 A.2 and ISO/IEC 80000:13-2025 |- ! colspan="2"|IEC prefix ! colspan="4"|Representations |- ! Name ! Symbol ! Base 2 ! Base 1024 ! Value ! Base 10 |- | kibi | Ki | 2<sup>10</sup> | 1024<sup>1</sup> | align="right"| {{val|1024}} | = {{val|1.024|e=3}} |- style="background:#eee;" | mebi | Mi | 2<sup>20</sup> | 1024<sup>2</sup> | align="right" | {{val|1048576}} | β {{val|1.049|e=6}} |- | gibi | Gi | 2<sup>30</sup> | 1024<sup>3</sup> | align="right" | {{val|1073741824}} | β {{val|1.074|e=9}} |- style="background:#eee;" | tebi | Ti | 2<sup>40</sup> | 1024<sup>4</sup> | align="right" | {{val|1099511627776}} | β {{val|1.100|e=12}} |- | pebi | Pi | 2<sup>50</sup> | 1024<sup>5</sup> | align="right" | {{val|1125899906842624}} | β {{val|1.126|e=15}} |- style="background:#eee;" | exbi | Ei | 2<sup>60</sup> | 1024<sup>6</sup> | align="right" | {{val|1152921504606846976}} | β {{val|1.153|e=18}} |- | zebi | Zi | 2<sup>70</sup> | 1024<sup>7</sup> | align="right" | {{val|1180591620717411303424}} | β {{val|1.181|e=21}} |- style="background:#eee;" | yobi | Yi | 2<sup>80</sup> | 1024<sup>8</sup> | align="right" | {{val|1208925819614629174706176}} | β {{val|1.209|e=24}} |- | robi | Ri | 2<sup>90</sup> | 1024<sup>9</sup> | align="right" | {{val|1237940039285380274899124224}} | β {{val|1.238|e=27}} |- style="background:#eee;" | quebi | Qi | 2<sup>100</sup> | 1024<sup>10</sup> | align="right" | {{val|1267650600228229401496703205376}} | β {{val|1.268|e=30}} |} {{anchor|robi|quebi}}In 2022, the [[International Bureau of Weights and Measures]] (BIPM) adopted the decimal prefixes [[ronna-|''ronna'']] for 1000<sup>9</sup> and [[quetta-|''quetta'']] for 1000<sup>10</sup>.<ref name="BIPM2022" /><ref name="gibn2022" /> In 2025, the prefixes ''robi'' ({{nowrap|Ri, 1024<sup>9</sup>}}) and ''quebi'' ({{nowrap|Qi, 1024<sup>10</sup>}}) were adopted by the IEC.<ref>{{cite web |title=IEC 80000-13:2025 β Quantities and units β Part 13: Information science and technology |publisher=[[International Electrotechnical Commission]] |url=https://webstore.iec.ch/en/publication/87379 }}</ref>
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