"gigabit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɪɡəbɪt/ [UK], /ˈɡɪɡəbɪt/ [US], /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbɪt/ [US] Forms: gigabits [plural]
Etymology: From giga- + bit. Etymology templates: {{af|en|giga-|bit}} giga- + bit Head templates: {{en-noun}} gigabit (plural gigabits)
  1. (computing) One billion (10⁹, or 1,000,000,000) bits or 1,000 megabits. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (109 bits): gigabit [masculine] (Czech), gigabito (Esperanto), gigabitti (Finnish), გიგაბიტი (gigabiṭi) (Georgian), गिगाबिट (gigābiṭ) [masculine] (Marathi), gigabit [masculine] (Polish), гигаби́т (gigabít) [masculine] (Russian), กิกะบิต (Thai), จิกะบิต (Thai) Translations (2030 bits): gigabitti (Finnish), गिगाबिट (gigābiṭ) [masculine] (Marathi)
    Sense id: en-gigabit-en-noun-OP~S1Jv2 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of '109 bits': 81 19 Disambiguation of '2030 bits': 90 10
  2. (computing, informal) a gibibit. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing, Computing Coordinate_terms (Next): terabit Coordinate_terms (Previous): megabit
    Sense id: en-gigabit-en-noun-ez4KFJ8R Disambiguation of Computing: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with giga- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with giga-: 40 60 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Next': 40 60 Disambiguation of 'Previous': 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Gbit Derived forms: subgigabit Related terms: gibibyte, gigabyte

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