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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With 16 gigabytes of storage, the 6.9-inch by 4.9-inch by .32-inch device holds thousands of books.
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2025
The memo says the FBI reviewed more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence during digital searches of databases, hard drives and network drives.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 8 July 2025
It was never built to handle models that devour gigabytes of creative work, crunch it into statistical patterns, and use that substrate to generate eerily familiar prose.
—Aron Solomon
june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
In 2009, research found that the average person takes in around 34 gigabytes of information each day—imagine how much that number has grown since.
—Lauren Crystal, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2025
The memo says the FBI reviewed more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence during digital searches of databases, hard drives and network drives.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 8 July 2025
It was never built to handle models that devour gigabytes of creative work, crunch it into statistical patterns, and use that substrate to generate eerily familiar prose.
—Aron Solomon
june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
In 2009, research found that the average person takes in around 34 gigabytes of information each day—imagine how much that number has grown since.
—Lauren Crystal, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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“Gigabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gigabyte. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
-ˌbīt
: 1,073,741,824 bytes
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