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GIGABYTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
Synonyms:
G; GB; GiB; gibibyte; gigabyte
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
Synonyms:
G; GB; gigabyte
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
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)
