gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
ˈji-gə-ˌbīt 
ˈgi-
ˈgi-
: 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes
also
: one billion bytes
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Clearing out these duplicates can instantly free up gigabytes of storage.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2025
Here is the price breakdown for the iPhone 16e, based on storage space:
$599 for 128 gigabytes
$699 for 256 gigabytes
$899 for 512 gigabytes
What colors are available?
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The evidence so far includes roughly 140 gigabytes of data collected from various email addresses, cell phones and laptops, federal prosecutors said at a hearing in Oakland that marked the second appearance by Thao since she was indicted on felony criminal charges last month.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
That amount of data is difficult to fathom, but the National Human Genome Research Institute puts it into perspective: One single human genome produces 200 gigabytes of data, equivalent to 200 DVDs of the 1975 film Jaws.
—Alexis Kayser, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2025
Here is the price breakdown for the iPhone 16e, based on storage space:
$599 for 128 gigabytes
$699 for 256 gigabytes
$899 for 512 gigabytes
What colors are available?
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
The evidence so far includes roughly 140 gigabytes of data collected from various email addresses, cell phones and laptops, federal prosecutors said at a hearing in Oakland that marked the second appearance by Thao since she was indicted on felony criminal charges last month.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
That amount of data is difficult to fathom, but the National Human Genome Research Institute puts it into perspective: One single human genome produces 200 gigabytes of data, equivalent to 200 DVDs of the 1975 film Jaws.
—Alexis Kayser, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Gigabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gigabyte. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
-ˌbīt
: 1,073,741,824 bytes
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