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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These challenges are growing under the limited revenue streams, as many telcos continue to rely almost exclusively on gigabyte connectivity to generate profit.
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Yogesh Malik, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
In the last fiscal year, CI seized over 1.7 petabytes of digital data in support of investigations (for context, petabyte is 1,000,000 gigabytes (GB), about enough to store 200 million 5 MB photos).
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2025
There are 256 gigabytes of storage, which is eight times more than the Switch.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
According to the binary conversion, one terabyte is equal to 1,024 gigabytes.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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Yogesh Malik, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
In the last fiscal year, CI seized over 1.7 petabytes of digital data in support of investigations (for context, petabyte is 1,000,000 gigabytes (GB), about enough to store 200 million 5 MB photos).
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2025
There are 256 gigabytes of storage, which is eight times more than the Switch.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 2 Apr. 2025
According to the binary conversion, one terabyte is equal to 1,024 gigabytes.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gigabyte
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“Gigabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gigabyte. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
-ˌbīt
: 1,073,741,824 bytes
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