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

In all, 150 gigabytes of Mexican government data was stolen, including documents related to 195 million taxpayer records as well as voter records, government employee credentials and civil registry files, according to the researchers. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026

In 2028, the amount of data that the world is projected to generate—in the form of photos, videos, emails, documents and other files—could reach about 394 zettabytes (394 trillion gigabytes), according to the market analyst firm International Data Corporation. —IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2026

Nvidia’s latest Blackwell comes with 192 gigabytes of RAM, or six times the amount that a powerful modern PC would need. —Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026

Nvidia’s latest Blackwell comes with 192 gigabytes of RAM, or six times the amount that a powerful modern PC would need. —Debby Wu, Fortune, 15 Feb. 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