gigabit

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English

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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.
  2. (computing, informal) a gibibit.

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Czech

Etymology

From giga- +‎ bit.

Pronunciation

Noun

gigabit m inan

  1. gigabit

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

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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Spanish

Noun

gigabit m (plural gigabits)

  1. gigabit
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