Gigabyte (Noun)
Meaning 1
A unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- My laptop has a 256-gigabyte hard drive to store my files and programs.
- A single high-definition movie can consume nearly 5 gigabytes of space on your device.
- To transfer a large file, make sure you have at least 10 gigabytes of free space on your phone.
- This smartphone comes with a 512-gigabyte storage capacity that can be expanded further.
- She purchased an 8-gigabyte memory card to increase her camera's storage capacity.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The new smartphone has 512 gigabytes of internal storage capacity for music and videos.
- Most laptops have hard drives or SSDs with storage capacities measured in gigabytes rather than bytes.
- To avoid running out of space, she upgraded her computer's hard drive from 256 gigabytes to 1024 gigabytes.
- The company sells external hard drives that can store up to 8 terabytes, or 8000 gigabytes of data.
- Her new laptop came with a 1-terabyte solid-state drive, which is equivalent to 1000 gigabytes of storage.