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GIGABYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gigabyte mean? 

GIGABYTE (noun)
  The noun GIGABYTE has 2 senses:

1. a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytesplay

2. a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytesplay

  Familiarity information: GIGABYTE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GIGABYTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

G; GB; gigabyte

Hypernyms ("gigabyte" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "gigabyte"):

M; MB; megabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes)

Holonyms ("gigabyte" is a part of...):

TB; terabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

G; GB; GiB; gibibyte; gigabyte

Hypernyms ("gigabyte" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "gigabyte"):

M; MB; mebibyte; megabyte; MiB (a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes)

Holonyms ("gigabyte" is a part of...):

TB; tebibyte; terabyte; TiB (a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes)


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