
Storage vendors tend to use TB because it makes for a larger number than TiB. So 1 TiB = 1099511627776 bytes = 1024 GiB.Ĭomputers are using base-2 so the amount of storage that you can see in your OS is in TiB.


Ti, the “Tebi-” prefix, was created later as one of the Binary prefixes that are now an IEC/ISO standard where you are using base-2. T, the “tera-” prefix, is a metric and SI standard where you are using base-10.

What is the difference between Terabyte (TB) and Tebibyte (TiB)?
