gigabyte
pronunciation
How to pronounce gigabyte in British English:
UK [ˈgɪgəbaɪt]
How to pronounce gigabyte in American English:
US [ˈdʒɪɡəˌbaɪt, ˈɡɪɡ-]
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- Noun:
- a unit of information equal to one billion (1,073,741,824) bytes or 1024 megabytes
Word Origin
- gigabyte (n.)
- 1982, from giga- "billion" + byte.
Example
- 1. With the imminent arrival of tablet computers like the ipad , which come with wireless modems , the appetite for downloadable data could hit a gigabyte a month ( see the lead story in this week 's business section ) .