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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Amazon Perhaps the best 4K streamer for folks who watch loads of Amazon Prime shows and movies, this Fire Stick is very easy to set up and use, supports Wi-Fi 6E for fast and stable streaming, and packs 16 gigabytes of storage.
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
Google's search index encompasses hundreds of billions of web pages, amounting to over 100 million gigabytes of data.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
This Amazon tablet has 64 gigabytes on its own, and with the addition of a special SD card, there’s up to 1 terabyte.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
It's powered by an Intel Core Ultra 5 processor and packs 8 gigabytes of RAM along with a 500-gigabyte SSD.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
Google's search index encompasses hundreds of billions of web pages, amounting to over 100 million gigabytes of data.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
This Amazon tablet has 64 gigabytes on its own, and with the addition of a special SD card, there’s up to 1 terabyte.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
It's powered by an Intel Core Ultra 5 processor and packs 8 gigabytes of RAM along with a 500-gigabyte SSD.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
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gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
-ˌbīt
: 1,073,741,824 bytes
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