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🧲 A magnetism unit 💾 A data unit
Gb

Gb

1 4.3
A unit of data equal to one billion bits
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : gigabit
  • For optimal gaming, your system should have at least 16GB of RAM.
  • GB SSD
  • GB of RAM
  • GB of memory

Examples

  • You get 5GB free storage, which is not affected by music, apps, and iBooks, and the Photo Stream service won't reduce your 5GB limit.

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  • And lo and behold, our mini ITX motherboard is now equipped with a GB of RAM.

  • Now what's special about this pen to me is that when you screw off the cap, it is actually a one GB flash drive.

  • It's about twice as much per GB as a comparable SATA SSD.

  • And you also need a graphics card in your PC to run Hitfilm Express with at least one GB of graphics RAM.

  • The company markets its two Surface tablet models as having 32 GB and 64 GB of space, but the available space for customers to store photos, apps, and more is actually 16 GB and 45 GB, respectively.

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  • The system was running on an Intel-based 2 x 450 MHz server placed within the University of Gothenburg website with a 10 GB connection both ways.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Many smartphones now offer storage options starting at 64GB.

  • The new hard drive can store up to 2GB of data.

Synonyms

gigabit
vsGb
  • Specialized
3 4.0

A measure of computer data equal to one billion bits used for internet speed or file size

is the shortened written form rather than the full unit name
Gbit
vsGb
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A unit for digital data equal to one thousand million bits

is a different abbreviation form for the same unit

How Much

terabit
  • Specialized
1 5.1
Gb
  • Specialized
1 4.3
megabit
  • Specialized
2 3.7
kilobit
  • Specialized
1 4.8
bit
  • Specialized
106 4.4

Surface Forms

Gb singular
Gbs plural

Morphology

Gb = gigabit (transparent) = G + b

The symbol 'Gb' is the standard abbreviation for 'gigabit', so the meaning is directly the expanded term for those familiar with the unit.

Etymology

Gb is also the short form of gigabit, where the prefix giga- means 'very large', like in gigantic, and bit means a small piece of data. So a Gb is one billion 'bits' and is used to show data size or internet speed.