gigabit

noun

giga·​bit ˈji-gə-ˌbit How to pronounce gigabit (audio) ˈgi- How to pronounce gigabit (audio)
: one billion bits

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Cat5e supports gigabit speeds but can struggle over long distances. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025 To be clear, there may still be niche use cases for many gigabits per second of wireless bandwidth—just as there may still be executives or world leaders who continue to look forward to spanning the globe at supersonic speeds. IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2025 Thursday’s test flight was supposed to advance SpaceX’s progress on both Starship and the company’s next-generation Starlink satellites, which promise to deliver gigabit speeds. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025 The game modes boost performance and prioritize gaming traffic, and each router has a 2.5 Gbps WAN port, three 1 gigabit LAN ports, and a USB 3.2 Gen 1 port. Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gigabit

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First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gigabit was in 1970

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“Gigabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gigabit. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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