Choose a Measurement
Select a measurement and convert between different units
Single conversion
To convert from Mebibit (Mib) to Kibibit (Kib), use the following formula:
Let's convert 5 Mebibit (Mib) to Kibibit (Kib).
Using the formula:
Therefore, 5 Mebibit (Mib) is equal to Kibibit (Kib).
Here are some quick reference conversions from Mebibit (Mib) to Kibibit (Kib):
| Mebibits | Kibibits |
|---|---|
| 0.000001 Mib | Kib |
| 0.001 Mib | Kib |
| 0.1 Mib | Kib |
| 1 Mib | Kib |
| 2 Mib | Kib |
| 3 Mib | Kib |
| 4 Mib | Kib |
| 5 Mib | Kib |
| 6 Mib | Kib |
| 7 Mib | Kib |
| 8 Mib | Kib |
| 9 Mib | Kib |
| 10 Mib | Kib |
| 20 Mib | Kib |
| 30 Mib | Kib |
| 40 Mib | Kib |
| 50 Mib | Kib |
| 100 Mib | Kib |
| 1000 Mib | Kib |
| 10000 Mib | Kib |
For all Digital converters, choose units using the From/To dropdowns above.
A Mebibit (Mib) is a standard unit of digital information used to measure data.
It is part of the binary system of measurement established by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and is equal to 1,024 kibibits (Kib).
The most common point of confusion is the difference between a mebibit (Mib) and a megabit (Mb).
While the names sound similar, they represent different amounts of data because they use different number systems.
Mebibit (Mib):
Megabit (Mb):
This makes a mebibit about 4.8% larger than a megabit.
This precision is critical in fields like software development and for accurately describing system memory (RAM).
The term "mebibit" was introduced in 1998 to solve a long-standing problem.
Historically, the term "megabit" was used ambiguously to mean both 1,000,000 bits (in contexts like networking speeds) and 1,048,576 bits (in computer memory).
By creating the distinct term mebibit for the binary measurement, the IEC established an unambiguous standard, ensuring everyone in technical fields is talking about the same amount of data.
While your internet speed is likely advertised in megabits per second (Mbps), your computer's operating system often uses mebibits (Mib) to measure file sizes and memory with binary precision.
You will usually see memory (RAM) sizes calculated using these binary-based units.
To understand its size, here are a few key conversions:
A kibibit (Kib) is a unit of digital information used to measure data capacity and transmission speeds with technical precision.
It's part of a system created by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) to clear up confusion in computing.
The term "kibibit" is a combination of "kilo-binary bit."
It was created to solve the long-standing confusion between two different counting systems:
This distinction is crucial for technical accuracy in fields like software development and data storage.
While marketing for hard drives and internet speeds often uses familiar decimal prefixes (like megabit and gigabyte), technical fields rely on binary units like kibibits, mebibits, and gibibits.
For example, your computer's RAM capacity is measured in powers of two, making gibibytes (GiB) a more accurate descriptor than gigabytes (GB).
Using kibibits and other binary units eliminates ambiguity and ensures calculations for memory allocation and file sizes are precise.
It's essential to understand the size difference when comparing these units.
A single kibibit is 1,024 bits, while a kilobit is 1,000 bits.
While that 24-bit difference (about 2.4%) seems small, it becomes significant at larger scales.
This is the exact reason why your new 1 terabyte (TB) hard drive, which contains 1 trillion bytes, is reported by your operating system as only about 931 gibibytes (GiB). The manufacturer uses the decimal (base-10) definition, while your computer uses the more accurate binary (base-2) one.