GiB – Unit of digital storage equal to 1,024 mebibytes.
A gibibyte is a unit of digital information storage capacity equal to 1,024 mebibytes (MiB) or 1,073,741,824 bytes. Cloud providers often use GiB rather than GB (gigabyte) when measuring storage and memory capacity. This distinction is important because GiB (2^30 bytes) is slightly larger than GB (10^9 bytes). Understanding this difference is crucial when calculating storage costs and configuring resources, as cloud providers typically charge by GiB but may display GB in their interfaces, leading to potential confusion in capacity planning.
