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Mib vs Gib - What's the difference?

mib | gib |

As nouns the difference between mib and gib

is that mib is a marble (glass ball used in games), especially one used as a target while gib is a bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.

As an abbreviation MiB

is symbol for mebibyte, a unit of 220 (1,048,576) bytes. As opposed to the megabyte, 1,000,000 bytes, which is abbreviated MB.

As a verb gib is

to fasten in place with a gib.

mib

English

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • (computing) Symbol for mebibyte, a unit of 220 (1,048,576) bytes. As opposed to the megabyte, 1,000,000 bytes, which is abbreviated MB.

    • Anagrams

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    gib

    English

    Etymology 1

    (18th century). Perhaps abbreviated from (m), the name of the cat in the old story of Reynard the Fox'', in the ''Romaunt of the Rose , etc.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bolt or wedge made from wood or metal used for holding a machine part in place.
  • A castrated male cat or ferret.
  • A male cat; a tomcat.

    • Verb

  • To fasten in place with a gib.

    • Etymology 2

    Shortened from giblet.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) Miscellaneous pieces of a fragged character, most often in first-person shooters.

    • Verb

  • (lb) To blast an enemy or opponent into gibs.

    • Anagrams

    * (l), (l) * (l) ----