gigabyte

• Maßeinheit für digitale Informationsmenge, meist definiert als 1000 Megabyte (10^9 Byte) oder 1024 Mebibyte (2^30 Byte), verwendet zur Angabe von Datenmengen und Speicherkapazität in der Computertechnik.

A unit of digital information storage, commonly defined as either 1,000 megabytes (10^9 bytes) or 1,024 mebibytes (2^30 bytes), used to measure data capacity in computing.

1. Unit of digital information (decimal)B1formalIT

   A unit of digital information equal to 1,000 megabytes, or one billion bytes, commonly used for measuring storage capacity.

   Gigabyte

   • This hard drive has a capacity of 500 gigabytes.
   • The file size is about 2 gigabytes, so it will take a while to download.
   • Modern smartphones often come with 128 or 256 gigabytes of storage.

   Synonymegig

2. Unit of digital information (binary)B2formalIT

   A unit of digital information equal to 1,024 mebibytes, or 1,073,741,824 bytes, often used in computing contexts.

   Gigabyte (binär)

   • The operating system reports the memory as 8 gigabytes, which is actually 8,589,934,592 bytes.
   • In some technical specifications, a gigabyte refers to 1,073,741,824 bytes.
   • The confusion between decimal and binary gigabytes can lead to discrepancies in storage capacity.

   Synonymegibibyte