gigabyte

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 References 2 Italian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/, /ˈdʒɪɡəbaɪt/

[edit] Noun

gigabyte (plural gigabytes)

1. (SI) 10⁹, one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes, as opposed to a gibibyte. SI symbol: GB
2. (computing, colloquial) Imprecisely, a gibibyte or 1024³ (1,073,741,824) bytes. SI symbol: GiB, computing symbol: GB.

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[edit] Related terms

• gigabit

[edit] Synonyms

• gig

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[edit] References

• The IEC explanation of its definitions

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

giga- +‎ byte

[edit] Noun

gigabyte m. inv.

1. (computing) gigabyte