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Bit rates (data-rate units)
Name Symbol Multiple
bit per second bit/s 1 1
Metric prefixes (SI)
kilobit per second kbit/s 10 1000
megabit per second Mbit/s 10 1000
gigabit per second Gbit/s 10 1000
terabit per second Tbit/s 10 1000
Binary prefixes (IEC 80000-13)
kibibit per second Kibit/s 2 1024
mebibit per second Mibit/s 2 1024
gibibit per second Gibit/s 2 1024
tebibit per second Tibit/s 2 1024
Multiple-bit units
Decimal
Value Metric
1000 kbit kilobit
1000 Mbit megabit
1000 Gbit gigabit
1000 Tbit terabit
1000 Pbit petabit
1000 Ebit exabit
1000 Zbit zettabit
1000 Ybit yottabit
1000 Rbit ronnabit
1000 Qbit quettabit
Binary
Value IEC Memory
1024 Kibit kibibit Kbit Kb kilobit
1024 Mibit mebibit Mbit Mb megabit
1024 Gibit gibibit Gbit Gb gigabit
1024 Tibit tebibit —
1024 Pibit pebibit —
1024 Eibit exbibit —
1024 Zibit zebibit —
1024 Yibit yobibit —
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Orders of magnitude of data

ISO is more recognizable than IEC

I propose that all references in the article and the tables to IEC binary prefixes should be modified to refer to ISO binary prefixes or ISO/IEC binary prefixes. ISO is simply more recognizable than IEC. Z80Spectrum (talk) 18:49, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

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