gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
ˈji-gə-ˌbīt 
ˈgi-
ˈgi-
: 1024 megabytes or 1,073,741,824 bytes
also
: one billion bytes
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In total, the FBI and Justice Department have said more than 300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence from the Epstein investigation exists.
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Rivian's chip boasts bandwidth of 205 gigabytes per second.
—Lora Kolodny,michael Wayland, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Each lap can generate up to 500 gigabytes of raw data, and a full test day may produce over 24 terabytes, almost equal to what Netflix streams globally in a single minute.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
Some are more than a gigabyte in size.
—PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Rivian's chip boasts bandwidth of 205 gigabytes per second.
—Lora Kolodny,michael Wayland, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Each lap can generate up to 500 gigabytes of raw data, and a full test day may produce over 24 terabytes, almost equal to what Netflix streams globally in a single minute.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
Some are more than a gigabyte in size.
—PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025
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“Gigabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gigabyte. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
-ˌbīt
: 1,073,741,824 bytes
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