"gigabyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/ [UK], /ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/ [US], /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbaɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gigabyte.wav Forms: gigabytes [plural]
Etymology: From giga- + byte. Etymology templates: {{af|en|giga-|byte}} giga- + byte Head templates: {{en-noun}} gigabyte (plural gigabytes)
  1. (computing, formal) One billion (10⁹, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes. Tags: formal Categories (topical): Computing Translations (one billion bytes): غِيغَابَايْت (ḡīḡabayt) [masculine] (Arabic), գիգաբայտ (gigabayt) (Armenian), giqabayt (Azerbaijani), гігаба́йт (hihabájt) [masculine] (Belarusian), ги́габайт (gígabajt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 千兆字節 [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), 千兆字节 (qiān zhàozìjié) (Chinese Mandarin), GB (note: pronounced like English) [abbreviation, common] (Chinese Mandarin), G (Chinese Mandarin), gigabayt [masculine] (Cornish), gigabyte [masculine] (Czech), gigabajt [masculine] (Czech), gigabyte [masculine] (Dutch), gigabajto (Esperanto), gigabitoko (Esperanto), gigatavu (Finnish), gigaoctet (French), xigabyte [masculine] (Galician), გიგაბაიტი (gigabaiṭi) (Georgian), Gigabyte [neuter] (German), γκιγκαμπάιτ (gkigkampáit) [neuter] (Greek), γιγαδυφιοσυλλαβή (gigadyfiosyllaví) [neuter] (Greek), גיגבייט (gigabayt) [masculine] (Hebrew), गीगाबाइट (gīgābāiṭ) [masculine] (Hindi), gigabyte (Hungarian), gígabæti (Icelandic), ギガバイト (gigabaito) (Japanese), 기가바이트 (gigabaiteu) (Korean), гигабајт (gigabajt) [masculine] (Macedonian), gigabait (Malay), गिगाबाइट (gigābāiṭ) [masculine] (Marathi), dį́į́łtsohʼííłké (Navajo), گیگابایت (gigâbâyt) (Persian), gigabajt [masculine] (Polish), gigabyte [masculine] (Portuguese), гигаба́йт (gigabájt) [masculine] (Russian), gigabajt [masculine] (Slovak), gigabyte [masculine] (Spanish), gigabyte [common-gender] (Swedish), จิกะไบต์ (jì-gà-bái) (Thai), กิกะไบต์ (gì-gà-bái) (Thai), gigabayt (Turkish), гігаба́йт (hihabájt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), گىگابايت (gigabayt) (Uyghur), גיגאַבײַט (gigabayt) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-gigabyte-en-noun-il-Qfk1d Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'one billion bytes': 84 16
  2. (computing, informal) a gibibyte. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms (Next): terabyte Coordinate_terms (Previous): megabyte
    Sense id: en-gigabyte-en-noun-6Rda31cX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with giga-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with giga-: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 29 71 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: GB, gig [informal] Related terms: gibibit, gibibyte, gigabit

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ギガバイト"
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      "word": "기가바이트"
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