gig|a|byte

gig|a|byte
gig|a|byte «GIHG uh byt, jihg», noun.
a unit of measure of computer information or memory, approximately equal to 1 billion bytes: »

a 40-gigabyte hard drive; gigabytes of text.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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