noun
- a unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 megabytes or approximately one billion bytes
Usage: computing
Examples
- My laptop has 8 gigabytes of RAM.
- The movie file is 2.5 gigabytes in size.
- This flash drive can store up to 32 gigabytes of data.
- The game requires at least 4 GB of free disk space.
- I need to delete some files because I only have one gigabyte left.
- The new smartphone comes with 128 gigabytes of storage.