gigabyte

[ gig-uh-bahyt, jig- ]

/ ˈgɪg əˌbaɪt, ˈdʒɪg- /

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noun Computers.

a measure of storage capacity equal to 230 (1024) bytes.

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Origin of gigabyte

giga- + byte

Words nearby gigabyte

giftwrapping, Gifu, gig, giga-, gigabit, gigabyte, gigacycle, gigaelectron volt, gigaflop, gigaflops, gigahertz

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How to use gigabyte in a sentence

Humans generate millions of gigabytes of data each day, and one promising way to preserve it is to encode it in the nucleotides of DNA.
The world in a mug|Anne Trafton|August 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
The average price per gigabyte in Tunisia though is 65 times that of a gigabyte in Israel.
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It worked 10 years ago, but gigabytes turned into terabytes and now terabytes are turning into petabytes.
Edge Delta raises $15M Series A to take on Splunk|Frederic Lardinois|June 25, 2021|TechCrunch
File sizes for larger maps can be more than a gigabyte, so make sure you have enough storage space on your phone.
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The cost of a gigabyte of data across providers plunged to the equivalent of 26 cents, the cheapest in the world.
Netflix v Modi and the battle for Indian cinema’s soul|Konstantin Kakaes|March 24, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Users also require the bandwidth and patience to download large files (Flames of War is nearly a gigabyte).
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Behold, the Gigabyte Age: A gigabyte is the speed at which the human eye processes data to the brain, making life look seamless.
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British Dictionary definitions for gigabyte

gigabyte

/ (ˈɡɪɡəˌbaɪt, ˈɡaɪɡəˌbaɪt) /

noun

computing one thousand and twenty-four megabytesSee also giga- (def. 2)

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Scientific definitions for gigabyte

gigabyte

[ gĭg′ə-bīt′ ]

A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 megabytes (230 bytes).

One billion bytes. See Note at megabyte.