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gigabyte

/gig-uh-bahyt, jig-/US // ˈgɪg əˌbaɪt, ˈdʒɪg- //UK // (ˈɡɪɡəˌbaɪt, ˈɡaɪɡəˌbaɪt) //

千兆字节,千兆位数

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Computers.

    • : a measure of storage capacity equal to 230 bytes.

Examples

  • Humans generate millions of gigabytes of data each day, and one promising way to preserve it is to encode it in the nucleotides of DNA.

  • The average price per gigabyte in Tunisia though is 65 times that of a gigabyte in Israel.

  • It worked 10 years ago, but gigabytes turned into terabytes and now terabytes are turning into petabytes.

  • File sizes for larger maps can be more than a gigabyte, so make sure you have enough storage space on your phone.

  • The cost of a gigabyte of data across providers plunged to the equivalent of 26 cents, the cheapest in the world.

  • Users also require the bandwidth and patience to download large files (Flames of War is nearly a gigabyte).

  • Behold, the Gigabyte Age: A gigabyte is the speed at which the human eye processes data to the brain, making life look seamless.