noun

gigabyte

gigabyte

This file is one gigabyte in size.

This file is one gigabyte in size.

My phone has 256 gigabytes of storage.

My phone has 256 gigabytes of storage.

((number)) ((gigabytes)) of ((sth.)) a quantity of gigabytes of something I need two gigabytes of RAM.

Synonyms: GB

From the prefix 'giga-' (from Greek for 'giant', meaning a billion) and 'byte' (a unit of information).

Remember that 'giga-' means giant, so a gigabyte is a 'giant' amount of data, much larger than a megabyte.

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