Tebibyte (TiB)
The tebibyte, symbol TiB, equals 1,099,511,627,776 bytes (1,024 GiB) and was introduced by the IEC in 1998. This binary unit provides precision for storage systems, servers, and cloud infrastructure, eliminating confusion between TB (decimal) and TiB (binary) in technical contexts. Tebibytes are essential for accurate reporting and planning in data centers, enterprise IT, and software development. Standardization supports consistency in global computing practices.
Gigabyte (GB)
The gigabyte, symbol GB, represents 1,000,000,000 bytes in decimal, though in binary it is often approximated as 1,073,741,824 bytes (1,024 MiB). The unit was introduced in the 1980s as personal computers and hard drives increased capacity. Gigabytes measure larger data volumes, including software, multimedia, and storage devices, and became the standard for consumer storage, networking, and cloud computing as a scale between megabytes and terabytes.