gigabyte

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
  2. noun a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

Etymology

From giga- + byte.

Synonyms

G, GB

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