gigabyte

noun

giga·​byte ˈji-gə-ˌbīt How to pronounce gigabyte (audio) ˈgi- How to pronounce gigabyte (audio)
: 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes
also : one billion bytes

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The company offers unlimited data plans for $50 per month, but users can earn cash back by using fewer than 20 gigabytes of data per month. — Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 2 June 2026 The 512 gigabyte MacBook Air now costs $1,299, up from $1,099. — ABC News, 25 June 2026 The 60-second figure is a roadmap target gated by how fast data can move from the transducers to the compute cluster — the system generates something on the order of 17 gigabytes of raw acoustic data per second. — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 By comparison, ordinary internet – now heavily restricted – costs 8,000 toman per gigabyte, leaving VPN services as the only option for many. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for gigabyte

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First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gigabyte was in 1975

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gigabyte

noun
giga·​byte -ˌbīt How to pronounce gigabyte (audio)
: 1,073,741,824 bytes

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