gigabit

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

giga- +‎ bit

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪɡəbɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪɡəbɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbɪt/

Noun[edit]

gigabit (plural gigabits)

  1. 109 bits, a thousand million (1,000,000,000) bits.
  2. 230 (1,073,741,824) bits.

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Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From giga- +‎ bit.

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Noun[edit]

gigabit m

  1. gigabit

Further reading[edit]

  • gigabit in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From giga- +‎ bit.

Noun[edit]

gigabit m (invariable)

  1. gigabit

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English gigabit.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʒiɡaˈbit͡ʃ(i)/, /ˌʒiɡaˈbit(i)/

Noun[edit]

gigabit m (plural gigabits)

  1. (computing) gigabit (one billion bits)

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