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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Nitzan Nuriel, former director of the Counter-Terrorism Bureau at the Prime Minister’s Office (2007–2012), told Fox News Digital that Israel had captured large volumes of Hamas data, including gigabytes of clips, pictures and documents, which helped analysts piece together critical intelligence.
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Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The line of processors can support up to 128 gigabytes of advanced, low-power DRAM memory, LPDDR5x RAM.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
The iPhone 16 Pro with 256 gigabytes of storage started at $1,099, and the iPhone 17 Pro with 256 gigabytes of storage will start at $1,099.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Each iPhone 17 model comes with 256 gigabytes of memory.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The line of processors can support up to 128 gigabytes of advanced, low-power DRAM memory, LPDDR5x RAM.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
The iPhone 16 Pro with 256 gigabytes of storage started at $1,099, and the iPhone 17 Pro with 256 gigabytes of storage will start at $1,099.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Each iPhone 17 model comes with 256 gigabytes of memory.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Gigabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gigabyte. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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gigabyte
noun
giga·byte
-ˌbīt
: 1,073,741,824 bytes
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