gigabyte
nounUK /ˈɡɪɡ.ə.baɪt/
US /ˈɡɪɡ.ə.baɪt/
A gigabyte is a big amount of computer memory, like a box that can hold lots of pictures or songs.
This game takes up about two gigabytes of space on my tablet.
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2. A unit of digital information equal to 1,000 megabytes (decimal) or 1,024 megabytes (binary).
The hard drive has a capacity of 500 gigabytes.
3. A measure used to describe the size of files, memory, or data plans.
My phone plan gives me five gigabytes of data each month.
4. Informally, a large amount of digital data.
He downloaded gigabytes of photos from the trip.