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gigabyte

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/
  • US: /ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/
  • US: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbaɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G IH1 G AH0 B AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One billion (109, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: formal

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A gibibyte.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gibibyte, G, GB, GiB

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: computer memory unit

4

noun

Meaning 4

a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: G, GB

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: computer memory unit

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English giga- Proto-Indo-European *bheyd- Proto-Indo-European *bhéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-West Germanic *bītan Old English bītan Middle English biten English bite English byte English gigabyte From giga- + byte.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غِيغَابَايْت (ḡīḡabayt) — one billion bytes
  • Armenian: գիգաբայտ (gigabayt) — one billion bytes
  • Azerbaijani: giqabayt — one billion bytes
  • Belarusian: гігаба́йт (hihabájt) — one billion bytes
  • Bulgarian: ги́габайт (gígabajt) — one billion bytes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 千兆字節 /千兆字节 (qiān zhàozìjié) — one billion bytes
  • Chinese Mandarin: GB — one billion bytes
  • Chinese Mandarin: G — one billion bytes
  • Cornish: gigabayt — one billion bytes
  • Czech: gigabyte — one billion bytes
  • Czech: gigabajt — one billion bytes
  • Dutch: gigabyte — one billion bytes
  • Esperanto: gigabajto — one billion bytes
  • Esperanto: gigabitoko — one billion bytes
  • Finnish: gigatavu — one billion bytes
  • French: gigaoctet — one billion bytes
  • Galician: xigabyte — one billion bytes
  • Georgian: გიგაბაიტი (gigabaiṭi) — one billion bytes
  • German: Gigabyte — one billion bytes
  • Greek: γκιγκαμπάιτ (gkigkampáit) — one billion bytes
  • Greek: γιγαδυφιοσυλλαβή (gigadyfiosyllaví) — one billion bytes
  • Hebrew: גיגבייט (gigabayt) — one billion bytes
  • Hindi: गीगाबाइट (gīgābāiṭ) — one billion bytes
  • Hungarian: gigabyte — one billion bytes
  • Icelandic: gígabæti — one billion bytes
  • Japanese: ギガバイト (gigabaito) — one billion bytes
  • Korean: 기가바이트 (gigabaiteu) — one billion bytes
  • Macedonian: гигабајт (gigabajt) — one billion bytes
  • Malay: gigabait — one billion bytes
  • Marathi: गिगाबाइट (gigābāiṭ) — one billion bytes
  • Navajo: dį́į́łtsohʼííłké — one billion bytes
  • Persian: گیگابایت (gigâbâyt) — one billion bytes
  • Polish: gigabajt — one billion bytes
  • Portuguese: gigabyte — one billion bytes
  • Russian: гигаба́йт (gigabájt) — one billion bytes
  • Slovak: gigabajt — one billion bytes
  • Spanish: gigabyte — one billion bytes
  • Swahili: gigabaiti — one billion bytes
  • Swedish: gigabyte — one billion bytes
  • Thai: จิกะไบต์ (jì-gà-bái) — one billion bytes
  • Thai: กิกะไบต์ (gì-gà-bái) — one billion bytes
  • Tibetan: ཡིག་ཚིགས་ཐེར་འབུམ (yig tshigs ther 'bum) — one billion bytes
  • Turkish: gigabayt — one billion bytes
  • Ukrainian: гігаба́йт (hihabájt) — one billion bytes
  • Uyghur: گىگابايت (gigabayt) — one billion bytes
  • Yiddish: גיגאַבײַט (gigabayt) — one billion bytes