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| ≡ | exactly equal |
| ≈ | approximately equal to |
| = | equal to |
| digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |
The gigabyte per second is a multiple of the unit bit for Data Transfer Rate. The prefix giga (symbol G) is defined in the International System of Units (SI) as a multiplier of 1.0 × 109 (1 billion, short scale), and therefore 1 gigabyte per second = 1.0 × 109 byte per second = 1000000000 byte per second. The gigabyte per second has the unit symbol GB/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.