gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
| \ ˈji-gə-ˌbīt
, ˈgi-
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, ˈgi-
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Definition of gigabyte
: 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes
also
: one billion bytes
Examples of gigabyte in a Sentence
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Any Wi-Fi enabled device can access it, and the device can store hundreds of gigabytes of data, stream movies or music, or smuggle encrypted files across international borders. — Wired, "An Unprecedented iPhone Hack, a Wi-Fi Leg Implant, and More News," 30 Aug. 2019 Many were listed as being dozens of gigabytes, indicating a huge mass of files. — Kevin Collier, CNN, "Alleged Capital One hacker may have hit other targets," 30 July 2019 Mueller concluded that hackers from Russia’s military intelligence agency, known as the GRU, attacked Democratic targets in spring 2016 and removed hundreds of gigabytes of information. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "A deeper look at Assange’s operation inside Ecuadorian Embassy," 15 July 2019 Researchers used millions of gigabytes of data from eight separate observatories to reconstruct the black hole’s event horizon. — Julie Grisham, Scientific American, "Faster, clearer PET images offer new views on disease," 9 July 2019 The drives are available in various capacities of 500 gigabytes to 5 terabytes and in four colors. — Dallas News, "Gadget roundup: Speakers that can live outdoors and more," 4 July 2019 Though SSDs are where the performance is at, there's simply no touching the traditional hard drive for capacity and price per gigabyte. — Jon L. Jacobi, PCWorld, "Seagate is the first to hit 16TB capacity with its IronWolf, IronWolf Pro, and Exos x16 hard drives," 4 June 2019 Over the course of the hacking campaign, the group accessed at least 90 computers and stole hundreds of gigabytes of data, according to the charging document. — Sean O'kane, The Verge, "Chinese hackers charged with stealing data from NASA, IBM, and others," 20 Dec. 2018 Among the evidence found: A 16 gigabyte thumb drive that contained thousands of files. — Carli Teproff, miamiherald, "He told police he knew it was wrong. Then they found a 16 GB thumb drive.," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gigabyte.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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gigabyte
noun
English Language Learners Definition of gigabyte
: a unit of computer information equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes
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gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
| \ ˈji-gə-ˌbīt
, ˈgi-\
, ˈgi-\
Kids Definition of gigabyte
: a unit of computer information storage capacity equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes
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