gigabyte
noun
a measure of storage capacity equal to 2 30 (1024) bytes.
gigabytes
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pluralof gigabyte.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A single gram can hold about 215 million gigabytes of data.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
However, this design also has limitations: the 44 gigabytes of memory on each chip can accommodate only smaller, less complex models than competing setups, such as Nvidia’s 72-GPU servers.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
The littlest Mac has gone viral as a cost-effective way for AI power users to run local large language models that can eat up dozens of gigabytes of RAM, aka memory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
As conversations get longer, the memory required becomes enormous — hundreds of gigabytes per session.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
Trawling through gigabytes of data, he found hundreds of references to fairies from nearly every country in the world.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
