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gigabyte

/ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/ /ˈdʒɪɡəbaɪt/

Meanings
noun
(SI) 109, one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes. SI symbol: GB

Examples :

"My phone has 64 gigabytes of storage for photos and videos. "
computing technology electronics number unit info

Related Words

Illustration photos

photos noun

/ˈfoʊtoʊz/

A photograph.

"I put the photos from our vacation in a scrapbook. "

Illustration symbol

symbol noun

/ˈsɪmbəl/

A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.

"$ is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries."

Illustration phone

phone noun

/fəʊ̯n/ /foʊ̯n/

A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.

"My phone rings constantly during class, making it hard to focus on my studies. "

Illustration one

one noun

/wan/ /wɒn/ /wʌn/

The digit or figure 1.

"My son's math test had only one correct answer for the last problem. "

Illustration gigabytes

gigabytes noun

/ˈɡɪɡəbaɪts/

(SI) 109, one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes. SI symbol: GB

"The music file took up 10 gigabytes of storage space on my phone. "

Illustration save

save noun

/seɪv/

In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.

"The goaltender made a great save."

Illustration videos

videos noun

/ˈvɪdɪoʊz/ /ˈvɪdɪəʊz/

Television, television show, movie.

"My little sister loves watching videos of cartoons on her tablet. "

Illustration which

which pronoun

/wɪt͡ʃ/

(interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).

"By now, you must surely know which is which."

Illustration bytes

bytes noun

/baɪts/

A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.

"The photo on my phone takes up about two million bytes of storage space. "

Illustration billion

billion noun

/ˈbɪljən/

(modern British & Australian, short scale) a thousand million (logic: 1,000 × 1,000^2): 1 followed by nine zeros, 109; a milliard

"The company's profits reached a billion dollars this year. "

Illustration storage

storage noun

/ˈstɔ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/

The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.

"The storage of winter clothes in the attic is a family tradition. "

Illustration means

means verb

/miːnz/

To lament.

"The student means their lost homework, feeling very sad about the missing paper. "