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gigabyte definition

giga·byte (-bīt′)

noun

  1. a unit of storage capacity in a computer system, equal to 1,073,741,824 (2) bytes
  2. loosely one billion bytes

Etymology: giga- + byte

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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