gigabyte

gig·a·byte  (gg-bt, jg-)

n.

1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 megabytes (2³⁰ bytes).

2. One billion bytes.

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gigabyte [ˈgaɪgəˌbaɪt]

n

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing one thousand and twenty-four megabytes See also giga- [2]

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gigabyte  (gg-bt)

1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 megabytes (2³⁰ bytes).

2. One billion bytes. See Note at megabyte.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gigabyte - a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes GB, G 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
	2.	gigabyte - a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes GiB, gibibyte, GB, G 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

Translations

gigabyte [ˈdʒɪgəˌbaɪt] N → gigabyte m

gigabyte [ˈgɪgəbaɪt]

n → gigaoctet m

modif
a ten-gigabyte hard drive → un disque dur de dix gigaoctets

gigabyte

n (Comput) → Gigabyte nt

gigabyte [ˈgaɪgəˌbaɪt] n → gigabyte m inv