gigabyte

noun

giga·​byte ˈji-gə-ˌbīt  ˈgi- 

: 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes

also : one billion bytes

Examples of gigabyte in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The setup delivered roughly 280 gigabytes per second of bandwidth, enabling the machine to process enormous datasets efficiently. —Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2026

Meanwhile, the MacBook Air M5 comes standard with a higher 16 gigabytes of unified memory and 512 gigabytes of storage space. —Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026

In recent weeks, investigators seized at least a gigabyte of data, and more may still be pulled from Valentin’s Dropbox and Google Cloud accounts, the people familiar with the probe told us. —Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2026

According to a recent report from Israeli cybersecurity firm Gambit Security, hackers last month used Claude, the chatbot from Anthropic, to steal 150 gigabytes of data from Mexican government agencies. —Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gigabyte

• acolyte
• aconite
• allanite
• alunite
• amberlite
• ammonite
• amorite
• amphitrite
• analyte
• anchorite
• andesite
• anhydrite

Kids Definition

gigabyte

noun

giga·​byte -ˌbīt 

: 1,073,741,824 bytes