Minnesenhet

Minnesenhet is a Swedish term used to refer to a quantity of memory capacity in computing. It describes the amount of data that can be stored in a memory device or addressed by a system, and is used for both volatile memory like RAM and non-volatile storage like hard drives and SSDs.

The basic unit is the byte, with larger scales such as kilobyte (KB), megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB) and terabyte (TB) commonly used in consumer specifications. In technical contexts the binary prefixes kibibyte (KiB), mebibyte (MiB), gibibyte (GiB) and tebibyte (TiB) are also used; however many vendors still advertise decimal prefixes, which can cause ambiguity about actual capacity.

Minnesenhet emphasizes capacity rather than performance and is distinct from memory bandwidth or address space. It is a key figure in specifications, surveys, and comparisons of devices such as smartphones, computers, and servers.

In practice the term appears in Swedish documentation, product sheets, and educational materials to denote the amount of memory available or installed in a system. Understanding the distinction between RAM and storage capacity is important when interpreting minnesenhet values.