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 comparison, ordinary internet – now heavily restricted – costs 8,000 toman per gigabyte, leaving VPN services as the only option for many.
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
There were 8,000 gigabytes of data gathered by FBI agents from more than 100 electronic devices in the United States, Colombia and Haiti.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
The company is effectively increasing the price by removing the entry-level configuration, a model that includes an M4 processor and 256 gigabytes of storage.
—Chris Welch, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Two lawsuits alleged that a group known as ShinyHunters claimed responsibility and threatened to release more than 200 gigabytes of internal data.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
There were 8,000 gigabytes of data gathered by FBI agents from more than 100 electronic devices in the United States, Colombia and Haiti.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
The company is effectively increasing the price by removing the entry-level configuration, a model that includes an M4 processor and 256 gigabytes of storage.
—Chris Welch, Fortune, 2 May 2026
Two lawsuits alleged that a group known as ShinyHunters claimed responsibility and threatened to release more than 200 gigabytes of internal data.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Gigabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gigabyte. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
-ˌbīt
: 1,073,741,824 bytes
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