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giga-

giga-

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A prefix meaning one billion used before unit names like gigabyte or gigawatt
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: giga-
  • A gigabyte is defined as a unit of digital information equal to one billion bytes.

And he coined some terms, Kilo cyborgs with thousands of entities, mega cyborgs, millions, Giga cyborgs with billions.

Examples

  • This is called a GEV giga electron Volt, the bottom quark.

  • And he coined some terms, Kilo cyborgs with thousands of entities, mega cyborgs, millions, Giga cyborgs with billions.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • Now the the the main giga years means a billion.

  • So think about the giga tons of carbon that are flowing through this system.

  • But if you wanted to, you're talking tons and tons and giga tons of materials that you have to mine.

  • The latest smartphone has a storage capacity of 128 gigabytes, allowing it to hold thousands of photos.

  • When measuring electrical power, a gigawatt is one billion watts, commonly used for large power plants.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Giga- comes from the Greek word gigas, which means 'giant', so in the metric system it tells you 'one billion' of something; that's why gigabyte and gigawatt mean a very large number of bytes or watts.