Gigabyte — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes

a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈɪɡəbˌaɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈɪɡəbˌaɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈɪɡəbˌaɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /ɡˈɪɡəbˌaɪt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gibibyte G GiB GB

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

gigaoctet

une unité d'information égale à 1 000 mégaoctets ou 10 ^ 9 (1 000 000 000) octets

🇷🇺Russian

гигабайт

единица информации, равная 1000 мегабайтам или 10^9 (1 000 000 000) байт

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गीगाबाइट

1000 मेगाबाइट या 10^9 (1,000,000,000) बाइट्स के बराबर जानकारी की एक इकाई

🇧🇩Bengali

গিগাবাইট

1000 মেগাবাইট বা 10^9 (1,000,000,000) বাইটের সমান তথ্যের একক

🇮🇳Tamil

ஜிகாபைட்

1000 மெகாபைட்டுகள் அல்லது 10^9 (1,000,000,000) பைட்டுகளுக்கு சமமான தகவல் அலகு

🇮🇳Telugu

గిగాబైట్

1000 మెగాబైట్‌లు లేదా 10^9 (1,000,000,000) బైట్‌లకు సమానమైన సమాచార యూనిట్

🇮🇳Marathi

गिगाबाइट

1000 मेगाबाइट्स किंवा 10^9 (1,000,000,000) बाइट्सच्या समान माहितीचे एकक

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગીગાબાઈટ

1000 મેગાબાઇટ્સ અથવા 10^9 (1,000,000,000) બાઇટ્સ જેટલી માહિતીનું એકમ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗಿಗಾಬೈಟ್

1000 ಮೆಗಾಬೈಟ್‌ಗಳು ಅಥವಾ 10^9 (1,000,000,000) ಬೈಟ್‌ಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಮನಾದ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯ ಘಟಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജിഗാബൈറ്റ്

1000 മെഗാബൈറ്റുകൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ 10^9 (1,000,000,000) ബൈറ്റുകൾക്ക് തുല്യമായ വിവരങ്ങളുടെ ഒരു യൂണിറ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੀਗਾਬਾਈਟ

1000 ਮੈਗਾਬਾਈਟ ਜਾਂ 10^9 (1,000,000,000) ਬਾਈਟ ਦੇ ਬਰਾਬਰ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਦੀ ਇਕਾਈ

🇵🇰Urdu

گیگا بائٹ

معلومات کی اکائی 1000 میگا بائٹس یا 10^9 (1,000,000,000) بائٹس کے برابر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

千兆字节

等于 1000 兆字节或 10^9 (1,000,000,000) 字节的信息单位

🇯🇵Japanese

ギガバイト

1000 メガバイトまたは 10^9 (1,000,000,000) バイトに等しい情報の単位

🇰🇷Korean

기가바이트

1000MB 또는 10^9(1,000,000,000)바이트에 해당하는 정보 단위

🇹🇭Thai

กิกะไบต์

หน่วยข้อมูลเท่ากับ 1,000 เมกะไบต์หรือ 10^9 (1,000,000,000) ไบต์

🇲🇾Malay

gigabait

unit maklumat bersamaan dengan 1000 megabait atau 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bait

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جيجابايت

وحدة معلومات تساوي 1000 ميغابايت أو 10^9 (1,000,000,000) بايت

🇮🇷Persian

گیگابایت

یک واحد اطلاعات برابر با 1000 مگابایت یا 10^9 (1000000000) بایت

🇹🇷Turkish

gigabayt

1000 megabayta veya 10^9 (1.000.000.000) bayta eşit bir bilgi birimi

🇮🇱Hebrew

גיגה-בייט

יחידת מידע השווה ל-1000 מגה-בייט או 10^9 (1,000,000,000) בתים

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