giga-

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Prefix 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Prefix 3 Italian 3.1 Prefix

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Greek gigas, giant

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɪɡə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɡɪɡə/, /ˈdʒɪɡə/

[edit] Prefix

giga-

1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁹. Symbol: G
2. (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2³⁰ or 1,073,741,824
3. (computing-marketing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰*10⁶ or 1,024,000,000 (makes things look bigger)

[edit] Antonyms

• nano-

[edit] Derived terms

• gigabyte
• gigaflop
• gigahertz
• gigajoule
• gigawatt

[edit] Translations

• Bulgarian: гига-
• Chinese: 吉-(jí)
• Russian: гига-
• French: giga-
• Japanese: ギガ

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ʒi.ɡa

[edit] Prefix

giga-

1. giga-

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Prefix

giga-

1. giga-