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gigabyte
/ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/
noun 2
Collocations
2VERB + GIGABYTE
market, pay
GIGABYTE + NOUN
authorities, bangladesh
Definitions
noun
1
One billion (10⁹, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes.
The IBM 3380 Direct Access Storage is a disk storage device with a storage capacity of 2.5 gigabytes (billion bytes) per unit, an increase of almost four times the capacity of the IBM 3350 Direct Access Storage.
It does not take much effort these days to accumulate several hundred gigabytes of data. A few hundred songs, a couple of vacations’ worth of photos, a dozen movies and television programs — and suddenly the 80 gigabyte hard drive in the notebook computer is straining.
2
A gibibyte.
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The IBM 3380 Direct Access Storage is a disk storage device with a storage capacity of 2.5 gigabytes (billion bytes) per unit, an increase of almost four times the capacity of the IBM 3350 Direct Acce
Wiktionary02
It does not take much effort these days to accumulate several hundred gigabytes of data. A few hundred songs, a couple of vacations’ worth of photos, a dozen movies and television programs — and sudde
Wiktionary03
In that trial, new customers can buy plans with a 5-gigabyte cap, a 20-gigabyte cap or a 40-gigabyte cap. Prices for those plans range from $30 to $50. Above the cap, customers pay $1 a gigabyte. Plan
Wiktionary04
I have a 32 gigabyte flash drive.
Tatoeba · #1057001405
Five motherboards of new models have been brought to the market by Gigabyte Bangladesh authorities.
Tatoeba · #11466539Usage Notes
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