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gigabyte

/ˈgɪgəbaɪt/

/ˈgɪgəˌbaɪt/

Translations

gigabytenoun

gigabytes

/ˈgɪgəbaɪt/

/ˈgɪgəˌbaɪt/

The new hard drive has a capacity of 500 gigabytes.

Новый жесткий диск имеет емкость 500 гигабайт.

Synonyms

billion bytes

1,000,000,000 bytes

1,073,741,824 bytes (binary, often called a gibibyte)

gigabyteadjective

/ˈɡɪɡ.ə.baɪt/

/ˈɡɪɡ.əˌbaɪt/

Used attributively before another noun to denote capacity or size

Synonyms

gigabytenoun

A unit of digital information storage equal to 1,024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes.

The new smartphone comes with 128 gigabytes of storage, allowing users to store a large number of apps and media files.

A unit of digital information storage equal to 1,000,000,000 bytes (10^9 bytes), commonly used in data transfer rates and storage device marketing.

The plan includes 5 gigabytes of mobile data each month.

gigabyteadjective

Relating to or denoting a capacity of approximately one billion bytes.

She exceeded her gigabyte limit after downloading several movies.