gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
ˈji-gə-ˌbīt 
ˈgi-
ˈgi-
: 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes
also
: one billion bytes
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By default, on a PC with 256GB of storage, Recall can store a couple dozen gigabytes of data across three months of PC usage, a huge amount of personal data.
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Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
Yildirim has promised extravagant subsidies and perks to Istanbul residents, from ten gigabytes of phone data to cheaper transport cards to cuts in fees for water, gas, and schools.
—Nate Schenkkan, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2019
The Lightroom app takes up 1.5GB, half a gigabyte less than Lightroom Classic.
—PCMAG, 31 May 2024
Most consumer video editing software requires more than a gigabyte of storage these days.
—PCMAG, 16 May 2024
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Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
Yildirim has promised extravagant subsidies and perks to Istanbul residents, from ten gigabytes of phone data to cheaper transport cards to cuts in fees for water, gas, and schools.
—Nate Schenkkan, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2019
The Lightroom app takes up 1.5GB, half a gigabyte less than Lightroom Classic.
—PCMAG, 31 May 2024
Most consumer video editing software requires more than a gigabyte of storage these days.
—PCMAG, 16 May 2024
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gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
-ˌbīt
: 1,073,741,824 bytes
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