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GB

GB

77 3.2
A unit of computer storage equal to about one billion bytes
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : gigabyte
  • Note that newer GPUs can have more memory, generally up to 16 GB, but not as much as the host.
  • GB of RAM
  • GB of memory
  • GB of space

And I didn't even know that I had a one GB card, CF card.

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Examples

  • Like Amazon, iCloud starts with 5GB of free storage and $10 a year to upgrade to 20GB.

    Blog text (1)

  • Maximum card size: 6 GB, based on 64MB DRAM technology.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Image quality remains the same between the two GB and four GB devices.

  • For example, a standard movie usually uses up 1 GB of your total memory.

    Blog text (1)

  • The Power Panel 500 can be equipped with up to 2 GB of main memory.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Finally, any kind of file can be uploaded and stored in the one GB of free file space.

  • AT&T charges an extra $10 for a single GB above the threshold.

    Blog text (1)

  • The data volume was 4 GB and was stored on an SSD disk.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The employed datasets each comprise one billion floating-point cells, occupy 4 GB, and are stored on SSD disk.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The new computer model has a storage capacity of 512 GB, providing ample space for all your files.

Synonyms

gigabyte
vsGB
  • Specialized
13 2.7

A measure of computer data equal to about one billion bytes

is the abbreviation used instead of the full written unit
G
vsGB
  • Specialized
3 3.4

A unit of digital storage about one billion bytes

is the multi letter abbreviation rather than a single letter symbol

How Big

PB
  • Specialized
4 6.9
TB
  • Specialized
5 3.5
GB
  • Specialized
77 3.2
Mb
  • Specialized
2 3.8
kB
  • Specialized
1 3.5

Surface Forms

GB singular
GBs plural

Etymology

GB comes from the parts giga- meaning 'very large' and byte meaning 'a unit of data'. So GB shows a very large number of bytes and tells you how much storage you have, about one billion bytes.