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gigabyte
A unit of measurement for the storage capacity of digital data, roughly equal to one billion bytes. In computing, one gigabyte often equals 1024 megabytes.
Mein neuer Laptop hat eine Festplatte mit 512 Gigabyte Speicherplatz.
My new laptop has a hard drive with 512 gigabytes of storage space.
The word is made up of the prefix 'Giga-' (Greek for "giant," here meaning "billion") and the basic unit 'Byte' (byte). It is an international term from computer technology.
Ein Gigabyte entspricht etwa 1000 Megabyte.
One gigabyte is equal to about 1000 megabytes.
When a number comes before 'Gigabyte' (gigabyte), the word is treated like a unit of measurement in German and remains singular. You say 'fünf Gigabyte' (five gigabytes), not 'fünf Gigabytes.'
Dieses Video ist 3 Gigabyte groß.
This video is 3 gigabytes in size.
In everyday language and technical texts, the abbreviation 'GB' is almost always used. It is written in capital letters and without a period.
Mein Handyvertrag enthält 10 GB Datenvolumen pro Monat.
My mobile phone plan includes 10 GB of data per month.
