gigabit

English

Etymology

From giga- +‎ bit.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪɡəbɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪɡəbɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbɪt/

Noun

gigabit (plural gigabits)

  1. (computing) One billion (109, or 1,000,000,000) bits or 1,000 megabits.
    Synonym: Gbit
  2. (computing, informal) A gibibit.

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Translations

Czech

Etymology

From giga- +‎ bit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɪɡabɪt]

Noun

gigabit m inan

  1. gigabit

Declension

Further reading

  • gigabit”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Italian

Etymology

From giga- +‎ bit.

Noun

gigabit m (invariable)

  1. gigabit

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gigabit.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʒiɡaˈbit͡ʃ(i)/, /ˌʒiɡaˈbit(i)/

Noun

gigabit m (plural gigabits)

  1. (computing) gigabit (one billion bits)

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Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • guigabit, yigabit

Etymology

Borrowed from English gigabit, equivalent to giga- +‎ bit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ʀ̥iɣäˈβit]

Noun

gigabit m (plural gigabits)

  1. gigabit
    • 2012 July 26, “Google anuncia el internet del futuro”, in CNN en Español[1]:
      Google anunció este jueves el lanzamiento de Google Fiber, su servicio de internet de un gigabit de velocidad para subir y descargar archivos, que será instalado en la ciudad de Kansas City.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2015 August 11, Hope King, “Verizon quiere hacer que el internet sea 1.000 veces más rápido”, in CNN en Español[2]:
      El nuevo servicio le daría a los clientes velocidades de 10 gigabits por segundo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “gigabit”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]