gigabit

noun

giga·​bit ˈji-gə-ˌbit  ˈgi- 

: one billion bits

Examples of gigabit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The chipmaker, in which Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala holds a 73% majority stake, aims to boost data transfer speeds to 400 gigabits per second and achieve up to five times greater energy efficiency. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

For the first time, the company also plans to launch gigabit V3 satellites into operational orbit during the next Starship test flight. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

The microwave brain For the project, the team fed gigabit-per-second data streams into the chip. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026

What this means is bandwidth per launch amounts to 61,000 gigabits per second on Starship versus 2,600 gigabits per second for V2s on Falcon 9. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above