Gigabyte

Definition: Gigabyte

Gigabyte

Noun

1. A unit of information equal to one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes or one thousand megabytes.

Specialty Definitions: Gigabyte

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Gigabyte 2^30 = 1,073,741,824 bytes = 1024 megabytes. Roughly the amount of data required to encode a human gene sequence (including all the redundant codons). See prefix. (1995-09-29). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Gigabyte

Synonyms: G (n), Gb (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Gigabyte

Specialty definitions using "gigabyte": Jaz Drive ♦ k-. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Gigabyte

"Gigabyte" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Gigabyte" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Gigabyte

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "gigabyte": half-gigabyte.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Gigabyte

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
gigabyte	2,092	gigabyte mainboard	13
gigabyte motherboard	681	gigabyte web site	13
gigabyte technology	88	9600 gigabyte pro	13
gigabyte driver	40	gigabyte support	12
gigabyte home page	29	8ik1100 ga gigabyte	12
gigabyte bios	26	gigabyte in many megabyte	12
8knxp ga gigabyte	26	gigabyte motherboard review	11
7nnxp ga gigabyte	25	7n400 ga gigabyte pro	11
gigabyte tech	25	gigabyte mainboards	11
gigabyte motherboard driver	24	gigabyte mobo	11
megabyte gigabyte	24	gigabyte mother boards	11
co gigabyte ltd technology	18	gigabyte ga 7zx	10
7vax ga gigabyte	18	gigabyte ga 7zxe	10
gigabyte ga 7vaxp	17	8knxp ga gigabyte review	9
gigabyte home	16	7nnxp gigabyte	9
7vaxp gigabyte	16	gigabyte motherboard support	9
gigabyte definition	15	gigabyte ga 5ax	8
8knxp gigabyte	14	gigabyte ga 7dpxdw	8
8knxp ga gigabyte ultra	14	8penxp ga gigabyte	8
7va ga gigabyte	13	gigabyte computer	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Gigabyte

Language		Translations for "gigabyte"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		京彼特. (various references)

French		GO, giga-octet. (various references)

Italian		gigabyte. (various references)

Korean		기가�"이트. (various references)

Pig Latin		igabytegay

Russian		гигабайт. (various references)

Thai		หน่วยความจำของคอมพิวเตอร์. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Gigabyte

Derivations
	Words beginning with "gigabyte": gigabytes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Gigabyte" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gagabyte, gigabite, gygabyte. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Gigabyte"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "gigabyte" (pronounced gi"gubī't)
5	-g u b ī' t	megabyte.
3	-b ī' t	backbite, frostbite, kilobyte, snakebite.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Gigabyte

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-g-i-t-y"
	-1 letter: biggety.
	-2 letters: baggie, gaiety.
	-3 letters: aggie, baggy, begat, beigy.
	-4 letters: abet, abye, bait, bate, beat, beta, bite, byte, eggy, gaby, gage, gait, gate, geta, gibe, giga, gybe, yagi, yegg, yeti.
	-5 letters: aby, age, ait, ate, aye, bag, bat, bay, beg, bet, bey, big, bit, bye, eat, egg, eta, gab, gae, gag, gat, gay, get, gey.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-g-i-t-y"
	+1 letter: gigabytes.
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