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gigabyte

/ˈɡɪɡ.ə.baɪt/

Traducción: Unidad de almacenamiento de información digital, generalmente definida como 1000 megabytes (10^9 bytes) o 1024 mebibytes (2^30 bytes), utilizada para medir la capacidad de datos en informática.

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noun

B1formalcommonIT/ˈɡɪɡ.ə.baɪt/

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.

  • 🇪🇸Unidad de almacenamiento de información digital, generalmente definida como 1000 megabytes (10^9 bytes) o 1024 mebibytes (2^30 bytes), utilizada para medir la capacidad de datos en informática.
  1. Unit of digital information (decimal) B1 formal IT

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

    • 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.

    🇪🇸Gigabyte (unidad de información)

    Sinónimos: gig

  2. Unit of digital information (binary) B2 formal IT

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

    • 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.

    🇪🇸Gigabyte (unidad binaria)

    Sinónimos: gibibyte

  • gigabytes plural form
  • gigabytes' possessive plural form
  • gigabyte's possessive singular form