giga-

See also: giga

English

SI prefix

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	Next:	tera-

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”); cognate to giant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪɡə/, /ˈɡaɪɡə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪɡə/, /ˈdʒɪɡə/

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; billion-. Symbol: G
2. (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2³⁰ or 1,073,741,824

Usage notes

In computing, meaning is ambiguous between 10⁹ = 1,000,000,000 and 2³⁰ = 1,073,741,824. For precision, gibi- specifically means the binary 2³⁰; see binary prefix for discussion.

Synonyms

• (2³⁰): gibi-

Antonyms

• nano-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with giga-

• gibi-
• gigabyte
• gigaflop
• gigahertz
• gigajoule
• gigawatt

Translations

SI prefix

• Bulgarian: гига- (giga-)
• Catalan: giga- (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 吉- (gat¹), 激- (gik¹)

  Mandarin: 吉- (zh) (jí-), 吉咖- (jígā-, jíkā-) (mainland China)

• Czech: giga- (cs)
• Dutch: giga- (nl)
• Estonian: giga- (et)
• Finnish: giga- (fi)
• French: giga- (fr)
• Galician: xiga- (gl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Georgian: გიგა- (giga-)
• German: giga- (de)
• Greek: γίγα- (gíga-)
• Ido: giga-
• Indonesian: giga-
• Japanese: ギガ (ja) (giga)
• Korean: 기가 (giga-)
• Malay: giga-
• Portuguese: giga- (pt)
• Russian: гига- (ru) (giga-)
• Spanish: giga- (es)

See also

• billion
• (ISO prefixes) previous: mega-, next: tera-

Further reading

• giga- on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Prefix

1. giga-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with giga-

Further reading

• Template:R:Slovnik afixu

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Prefix

giga-

1. giga-

Dutch terms prefixed with giga-

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Finnish

Prefix

giga-

1. giga-

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ɡa/

Prefix

giga-

1. giga-

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German

Prefix

giga-

1. giga-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with giga-

Further reading

• “giga-” in Duden online

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Italian

Prefix

giga-

1. giga-

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Portuguese

Prefix

giga-

1. giga- (SI prefix multiplying the unit by 10⁹)