gigabyte

[ gig-uh-bahyt, jig- ]

noun

, Computers.

1. a measure of storage capacity equal to 2 30 (1024) bytes.

gigabyte

/ ˈɡaɪɡəˌbaɪt; ˈɡɪɡəˌbaɪt /

noun

1. computing one thousand and twenty-four megabytes See also giga-

gigabyte

/ gĭg′ə-bīt′ /

1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 megabytes (2 ³⁰ bytes).
2. One billion bytes.
3. See Note at megabyte

Word History and Origins

Origin of gigabyte¹

giga- + byte

Example Sentences

Humans generate millions of gigabytes of data each day, and one promising way to preserve it is to encode it in the nucleotides of DNA.

From MIT Technology Review

The average price per gigabyte in Tunisia though is 65 times that of a gigabyte in Israel.

From Quartz

It worked 10 years ago, but gigabytes turned into terabytes and now terabytes are turning into petabytes.

From TechCrunch

File sizes for larger maps can be more than a gigabyte, so make sure you have enough storage space on your phone.

From Outside Online

The cost of a gigabyte of data across providers plunged to the equivalent of 26 cents, the cheapest in the world.

From MIT Technology Review

Users also require the bandwidth and patience to download large files (Flames of War is nearly a gigabyte).

From The Daily Beast

Behold, the Gigabyte Age: A gigabyte is the speed at which the human eye processes data to the brain, making life look seamless.

From The Daily Beast