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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But even that tiny segment is overflowing with 1.4 million gigabytes of information—containing about 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels and 150 million synapses, the connections between neurons.
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
The company plans four tiers of service, with equal speeds for uploads and downloads: $65 a month for 500 Mbps, $75 for 1 gigabyte per second, $85 for 2 Gbps, and $99 for small-business connections.
—Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Courtesy of Google Every Google account comes with 15 gigabytes of free cloud storage shared across Google Drive, Google Photos, and Gmail.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2024
Storage Most digital frames typically have a small memory built into it, with many beginning at about 4 gigabytes.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2024
The model that includes 16 gigabytes costs an extra $500.
—Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
Apple left, but an iPhone 15 Pro Max with 512 gigabytes sells for the ruble equivalent of $1,950 on Russia's Wildberries retail site, about what the phone sells for in Germany.
—David McHugh and Vladimir Isachenkov, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
The base models on both sizes have 8 gigabytes of unified memory and 256 gigabytes of storage.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
An extra $120 to get 512 gigabytes to hold more photos and apps.
—Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
The company plans four tiers of service, with equal speeds for uploads and downloads: $65 a month for 500 Mbps, $75 for 1 gigabyte per second, $85 for 2 Gbps, and $99 for small-business connections.
—Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Courtesy of Google Every Google account comes with 15 gigabytes of free cloud storage shared across Google Drive, Google Photos, and Gmail.
—Simon Hill, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2024
Storage Most digital frames typically have a small memory built into it, with many beginning at about 4 gigabytes.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2024
The model that includes 16 gigabytes costs an extra $500.
—Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
Apple left, but an iPhone 15 Pro Max with 512 gigabytes sells for the ruble equivalent of $1,950 on Russia's Wildberries retail site, about what the phone sells for in Germany.
—David McHugh and Vladimir Isachenkov, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024
The base models on both sizes have 8 gigabytes of unified memory and 256 gigabytes of storage.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
An extra $120 to get 512 gigabytes to hold more photos and apps.
—Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
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gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
-ˌbīt
: 1,073,741,824 bytes
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