gigabyte

/ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/noun

A unit of computer data equal to one billion bytes, or 1,000 megabytes.

Example sentence

“The video took up nearly two gigabytes on my phone.”

Casually shortened to 'gig' or 'GB', as in 'a two-gig file'. Storage makers count a gigabyte as one billion bytes, while operating systems sometimes measure in powers of two, so drives look smaller than advertised.

technology

Related words

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