gigabyte

== English == === Etymology === From giga- + byte. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪɡəbaɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbaɪt/ === Noun === gigabyte (plural gigabytes) (computing, formal) One billion (109, or 1,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 megabytes. (computing, informal) A gibibyte. ==== Synonyms ==== GB gig (informal) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Previous: megabyte Next: terabyte ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gibibit gibibyte gigabit ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Alternative forms === gigabajt === Etymology === From giga- + byte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡɪɡabajt] === Noun === gigabyte m inan gigabyte ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “byte”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995 == Italian == === Etymology === From giga- +‎ byte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.ɡaˈba.it/ Rhymes: -ait === Noun === gigabyte m (invariable) (computing) gigabyte === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English gigabyte. === Pronunciation === === Noun === gigabyte m (plural gigabytes) (computing) gigabyte (one billion bytes) Synonyms: (symbol) GB, (informal) giga ==== Coordinate terms ==== Multiples of the byte: kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte ==== Related terms ==== gigabit gibibyte === Further reading === “gigabyte”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gigabyte”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === gigabait, guigabait, yigabait === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English gigabyte, equivalent to giga- +‎ byte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xiɡaˈbait/ [xi.ɣ̞aˈβ̞ai̯t̪] Rhymes: -ait Syllabification: gi‧ga‧by‧te === Noun === gigabyte m (plural gigabytes) (computing) gigabyte === Further reading === “gigabyte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025