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Gigabyte
The gigabyte () is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix giga- means 109 in the International System of Units (SI). Therefore, one gigabyte is one billion bytes. The unit sym
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The gigabyte () is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix giga- means 109 in the International System of Units (SI). Therefore, one gigabyte is one billion bytes. The unit symbol for the gigabyte is GB. This definition is used in all contexts of science (especially data science), engineering, business, and many areas of computing, including storage capacities of hard drives, solid-state drives, and tapes, as well as data transmission speeds. The term is also used in some
