What's the difference between MB and MiB?

MB (megabyte) uses decimal (1000-based) units, common in marketing and storage specs. MiB (mebibyte) uses binary (1024-based) units, which is how operating systems often report file sizes.

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1 gigabyte (GB) is 1,000 megabytes (decimal) — not to be confused with 1 gibibyte (GiB), which is 1,024 mebibytes.

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What's the difference between MB and MiB?: MB (megabyte) uses decimal (1000-based) units, common in marketing and storage specs. MiB (mebibyte) uses binary (1024-based) units, which is how operating systems often report file sizes.

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