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The gibibyte per second is a multiple of the unit bit for Data Transfer Rate. The prefix gibi (symbol Gi) is defined in the International System of Units (SI) as a multiplier of 8 × 230, and therefore 1 gibibyte per second = 8 × 230 byte per second = 1073741824 byte per second. The gibibyte per second has the unit symbol GiB/s.
The kibibyte is a the unit of data transfer rate. The binary prefix kibi means 210, or 1024; therefore, 1 kibibyte per second is 1024 bytes per second. The unit symbol for the kibibyte per second is KiB / s.