noun
- Plural of gigahertz; units of frequency equal to one billion hertz, commonly used to measure processor speed and radio frequencies.
Usage: technical; commonly abbreviated as GHz
Examples
- Modern processors operate at speeds measured in gigahertzes.
- The CPU runs at 3.5 gigahertzes.
- 5G networks use frequencies in the gigahertzes range.
- Wireless routers typically broadcast at 2.4 or 5 gigahertzes.
- The new chip achieves speeds of 4.8 gigahertzes under boost.