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Meaning of GIGABYTE

Pronunciation:  g'igub`It

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  a unit of information equal to one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes or one thousand megabytes
 

GIGABYTE is a 8 letter word that starts with G.

 

 Synonyms: GB
 
 See Also: computer memory unit, MB, megabyte, TB, terabyte

 

 

Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

2^30 = 1,073,741,824 bytes = 1024 megabytes.

Roughly the amount of data required to encode a human gene sequence (including all the redundant codons).

See prefix.

 

 

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