gigabit
English
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Noun
gigabit (plural gigabits)
- (computing) One billion (109, or 1,000,000,000) bits or 1,000 megabits.
- (computing, informal) a gibibit.
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109 bits
2030 bits
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɪɡabɪt]
Noun
gigabit m inan
Declension
Declension of gigabit (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gigabit | gigabity |
| genitive | gigabitu | gigabitů |
| dative | gigabitu | gigabitům |
| accusative | gigabit | gigabity |
| vocative | gigabite | gigabity |
| locative | gigabitu | gigabitech |
| instrumental | gigabitem | gigabity |
Further reading
- “gigabit”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
Italian
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gigabit m (invariable)
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English gigabit.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʒiɡaˈbit͡ʃ(i)/, /ˌʒiɡaˈbit(i)/
Noun
gigabit m (plural gigabits)
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English gigabit, equivalent to giga- + bit.
Noun
gigabit m (plural gigabits)
- 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)