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GB
abbr.
1. gigabyte
2. Great Britain

GB Great Britain
GB
Abbreviation of gigabyte
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Noun1.GB - a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase
organophosphate nerve agent - any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds
2.Gb - a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
magnetomotive force unit - a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force
3.Gb - a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits
computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory
Mb, Mbit, megabit - a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits
Tbit, terabit, Tb - a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits
4.GBGB - a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory
megabyte, MB, M - a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
terabyte, TB - a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
5.GB - a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory
mebibyte, MiB, megabyte, MB, M - a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
tebibyte, TiB, terabyte, TB - a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
6.GB - an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales
British Isles - Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
Solway Firth - a large firth on the west coast of Britain between England and Scotland
Brit, Britisher, Briton - a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
Translations
Spanish GB abbr (= Great Britain) → G.B.
German GB abbr (= Great Britain) → GB
Italian GB abbr (= Great Britain) → GB

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