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gigabyte
- /ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/ UK
- /ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/ US
- /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbaɪt/ US
noun gigabytes
- One billion (10⁹, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes. The IBM 3380 Direct Access Storage is a disk storage device with a storage capacity of 2.5 gigabytes (billion bytes) per unit, an increase of almost four times the capacity of the IBM 3350 Direct Access Storage.
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noun one billion bytes
| Español | gigabyte |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 기가바이트 gigabaiteu |
| 日本語 | ギガバイト gigabaito |
| 中文 | 千兆字節 /千兆字节 qiān zhàozìjié, GB, G |
| हिन्दी | गीगाबाइट gīgābāiṭ |
| Kiswahili | gigabaiti |
| Português | gigabyte |
| Français | gigaoctet |
| Deutsch | Gigabyte |
| Ελληνικά | γκιγκαμπάιτ gkigkampáit, γιγαδυφιοσυλλαβή gigadyfiosyllaví |
| Русский | гигаба́йт gigabájt |
| العربية | غِيغَابَايْت ḡīḡabayt |
| עברית | גיגבייט gigabayt |
Talk about this word "gigabyte." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gigabyte. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gigabyte. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gigabyte "gigabyte." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gigabyte.Cite this
@misc{gigabyte_2026,
title = {gigabyte},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gigabyte},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
