Gigabyte Definition

gĭgə-bīt, jĭg-
gigabytes
noun
A unit of storage capacity in a computer system, equal to 1,073,741,824 (230) bytes.
Webster's New World
One billion bytes.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
gigabyte
Plural:
gigabytes

Origin of Gigabyte

  • giga- +‎ byte

    From Wiktionary

Gigabyte Sentence Examples

  • Calculations were performed on a 16 processor Beowulf cluster and required approximately 1 gigabyte of RAM per process.

  • Older machines usually have megabyte chips and newer ones have larger gigabyte chips installed.

  • A computer with a 1 Terabyte (TB) hard drive is overkill for most, but neither should you settle for an 80 Gigabyte (GB) drive.

  • Gmail Gmail, which was launched in April 2004 is a free, search-based webmail service that includes 1 gigabyte of storage.

  • An additional £ 50 will increase the unit's memory to 512 megabytes, and £ 149 more will provide 1 gigabyte.

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