gigabyte

noun

giga·​byte ˈji-gə-ˌbīt How to pronounce gigabyte (audio) ˈgi- How to pronounce gigabyte (audio)
: 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes
also : one billion bytes

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By contrast, today’s agentic applications must handle petabyte-scale data (a petabyte is 1 million times the size of a gigabyte). — Andrew Davidson, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 For the first time in a MacBook Air, Apple is offering the option to configure it with as much as 32 gigabytes of memory, or RAM. — Bloomberg News, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025 Clearing out these duplicates can instantly free up gigabytes of storage. — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2025 Here is the price breakdown for the iPhone 16e, based on storage space: $599 for 128 gigabytes $699 for 256 gigabytes $899 for 512 gigabytes What colors are available? — Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gigabyte

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1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gigabyte was in 1975

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gigabyte

noun
giga·​byte -ˌbīt How to pronounce gigabyte (audio)
: 1,073,741,824 bytes

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