Gibit (Noun)
Meaning
A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibits or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bits.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The total storage capacity of the database was measured in gibits to ensure adequate space for the forecasted growth in data.
- It took the engineers several weeks to design a circuit that could handle gigabit and gibit level calculations.
- Data is transmitted across the network in packets that are typically measured in kilobits or gibits.
- To understand the vast scale of the information being handled, it's essential to think in terms of gibits and terabits.
- One gibit equals the binary digits used by about 134 million average smartphones, for data transmission purposes.