Binary prefix

Apparently there's a new naming convention for amounts of bits and bytes.^[1] One that I've never before heard of.

Apparently,

• 1024 bytes is now called a kibibyte (KiB),
• 1024² is now called a mebibyte (MiB) and
• 1024³ is now called a gibibyte (GiB)

However, Wikipedia does mention that it is not in much common use. Thank God.

References

[1] Binary prefix

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix