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Definition of Gigabyte

1. Noun. A unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes.

2. Noun. A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes.

Definition of Gigabyte

1. Noun. (context: SI) 10⁹, one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes, as opposed to a gibibyte. SI symbol: GB ¹

2. Noun. (context: computing colloquial) Imprecisely, a gibibyte or 1024³ (1,073,741,824) bytes. SI symbol: GiB, computing symbol: GB. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gigabyte

1. 1,073,741,824 bytes [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gigabyte

giga-ohm giga-ohms giga-volt giga-volts giga-watt gigaamp gigaamps gigabarrel gigabarrels gigabase

gigabases gigabel gigabels gigabit gigabits gigabyte (current term) gigabytes gigacycle gigacycle per second gigacycles

gigaelectron volt gigaelectron volts gigaelectronvolt gigaelectronvolts gigaflop gigaflops gigagram gigagramme gigagrammes gigagrams

Literary usage of Gigabyte

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. First Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-1): Proceedings by D. K. Harman (1993)
"... on a gigabyte of Text Alan Kent Alistair Moffat Ron Sacks-Davis Ross Wilkinson Justin Zobel Collaborative Information Technology Research Institute ..."

2. Information Superhighway: Issues Affecting Development by Kenneth M. Mead (1994)
"The precise meaning often varies with the context; strictly, a gigabyte is 1 billion ... Therefore, a gigabyte can also be either 1000 megabytes or 1024 ..."

3. Information Superhighway: An Overview of Technology Challenges by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"Therefore, a gigabyte can also be either 1000 megabytes or 1024 megabytes, where a megabyte is considered to be 1048576 bytes. ..."

4. Overview of the Third Text Retrieval Conference (Trec-3)edited by D. K. Harmon edited by D. K. Harmon (1996)
"Machine Information - Was the Machine Dedicated or Shared: Dedicated - Amount of Hard Disk Storage (in MB): approximately half a gigabyte used on a 2 ..."

5. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"However, data in the 100- gigabyte or higher range on optical disks would require the use of automatic cartridge handlers that would give delays of several ..."

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