gigabit

English

Alternative forms

• Gbit

Etymology

giga- +‎ bit

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gigabit (plural gigabits)

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

Synonyms

• (2³⁰): gibibit

Derived terms

• subgigabit

Related terms

• gigabyte

Translations

10⁹ bits

• Czech: gigabit m
• Esperanto: gigabito
• Finnish: gigabitti (fi)
• Georgian: გიგაბიტი (gigabiṭi)
• Polish: gigabit (pl) m
• Russian: гигаби́т (ru) m (gigabít)
• Thai: กิกะบิต, จิกะบิต

20³⁰ bits

• Finnish: gigabitti (fi)

Czech

Etymology

From giga- +‎ bit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪɡabɪt]

Noun

gigabit m

1. gigabit

Further reading

• gigabit in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Italian

Etymology

From giga- +‎ bit.

Noun

gigabit m (invariable)

1. gigabit

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gigabit.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gigabit m (plural gigabits)

1. (computing) gigabit (one billion bits)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: Gbit, Gb

Coordinate terms

• Multiples of the bit: kilobit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, petabit, exabit, zettabit, yottabit

Related terms

• gigabyte
• gibibit