Meaning of the word gigabyte in English
What does gigabyte mean in English? Explore the meaning, pronunciation, and specific usage of this word with Lingoland.
gigabyte
US /ˈɡɪɡ.ə.baɪt/
UK /ˈɡɪɡ.ə.baɪt/
Noun
a unit of information equal to one billion (10^9) bytes or, strictly, 1,073,741,824 (2^30) bytes.
Example:
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My new hard drive has a capacity of 2 gigabytes.
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Downloading this file will use up several gigabytes of data.