gigabit

noun

giga·​bit ˈji-gə-ˌbit How to pronounce gigabit (audio) ˈgi- How to pronounce gigabit (audio)
: one billion bits

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One gigabit equals 1,000 Mbps. Download: Download speed is how fast your internet connection transfers information from the internet to your device. David Brinkerhoff, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025 Officially announced by the HDMI Forum in November of 2017, HDMI 2.1 provided a major bandwidth upgrade over HDMI 2.0, moving from 18 Gbps (gigabits per second) to a whopping 48 Gbps. Ryan Waniata, Wired News, 10 Apr. 2025 The company also took a shot at Viasat for claiming that Starlink gigabit upgrades are an anti-competitive play. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025 The Wi-Fi 5 wireless specification (also known as 802.11ac) was the first consumer networking standard to be measured in gigabits rather than megabits per second, with a top speed of a whopping 3.46Gbps. PCMAG, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gigabit

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First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gigabit was in 1970

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“Gigabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gigabit. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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