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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Blue Ghost beamed about 120 gigabytes of data — equivalent to more than 24,000 songs — back to Earth before signing off Sunday.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
The robot collected collected nearly 9,000 images and 10 gigabytes of data throughout its time on the moon.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
One car generated more than 1,100 gigabytes of data per hour of driving.
—Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Rubin can also support as much as 288 gigabytes of fast memory, which is one of the core specs that AI developers watch.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
The robot collected collected nearly 9,000 images and 10 gigabytes of data throughout its time on the moon.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2025
One car generated more than 1,100 gigabytes of data per hour of driving.
—Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Rubin can also support as much as 288 gigabytes of fast memory, which is one of the core specs that AI developers watch.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Gigabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gigabyte. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
-ˌbīt
: 1,073,741,824 bytes
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