gigabyte
unit of digital information equal to one billion bytes or 1,000 megabytes
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Summary
gigabyte is an unit of information[1]. gigabyte draws 4,573 Wikipedia views per month (unit of information category, ranking #4 of 38).[2]
Key Facts
- Measured physical quantity: information[3]
- Commons category: Gigabyte[4]
- Different from: gibibyte[5], gigabit[6]
- Conversion to standard unit: 1,000,000 kilobyte[7], 1000 megabyte[8], 1,000,000,000 byte[9], 8,000,000,000 bit[10], 0.93132257461 gibibyte[11]
- Unit symbol: GB[12], Гбайт[13], ГБ[14], Gt[15], Go[16]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[17]
- Subdivision of this unit: megabyte[18]
Why It Matters
gigabyte has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] gigabyte is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]