Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- One billion (109): gigahertz.
- 1,073,741,824 (230): gigabyte.
Wiktionary
- In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 109. Symbol: G
- computing Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 230 or 1,073,741,824
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek γίγας (gigas, "giant"); cognate to giant. (Wiktionary)
- From Greek gigās, giant. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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“Connolly wrote to the collaboration members that the database at the Space Telescope Science Institute was only 100 gigabytes—“giga-” means “billion”—and a search took five hours.”
“Kilo-, mega-, giga- and tera- are prefixes used with bit or byte to measure capacities.”
Simon & Schuster: Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage
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