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

Cloud storage gets chaotic when your files live in five different apps and each extra gigabyte means another monthly fee. —New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2026

In October, the group breached a GitLab instance tied to Red Hat, stealing hundreds of gigabytes of internal development data. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026

OEMs who used to haggle over a few cents per gigabyte are now facing almost overnight double‑digit percentage jumps in total system cost. —Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026

But only a week after that statement was made, The Register revealed that a cybercrime group known as Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters stole another 500 gigabytes of data from the agency, claiming the security hole was still unpatched. —Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 Jan. 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