gigabyte

unit of digital information equal to one billion bytes or 1,000 megabytes
Intangible unit_of_information Q79738
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gigabyte

Summary

gigabyte is an unit of information[1]. gigabyte draws 3,430 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_information category, ranking #4 of 38).[2]

Key Facts

  • gigabyte's instance of is recorded as unit of information[3].
  • gigabyte's measured physical quantity is recorded as information[4].
  • gigabyte's Commons category is recorded as Gigabyte[5].
  • gigabyte's different from is recorded as gibibyte[6].
  • gigabyte's different from is recorded as gigabit[7].
  • gigabyte's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q79726', 'amount': '+1000000'}[8].
  • gigabyte's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q79735', 'amount': '+1000'}[9].
  • gigabyte's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q8799', 'amount': '+1000000000'}[10].
  • gigabyte's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q8805', 'amount': '+8000000000'}[11].
  • gigabyte's conversion to standard unit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q79765', 'amount': '+0.93132257461'}[12].
  • gigabyte's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'GB'}[13].
  • gigabyte's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Гбайт'}[14].
  • gigabyte's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ГБ'}[15].
  • gigabyte's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Gt'}[16].
  • gigabyte's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Go'}[17].
  • gigabyte's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'Гбайт'}[18].
  • gigabyte's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'GB'}[19].
  • gigabyte's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'GB'}[20].
  • gigabyte's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'GB'}[21].
  • gigabyte's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[22].
  • gigabyte's subdivision of this unit is recorded as megabyte[23].

Body

Definition and Type

gigabyte's instance of is recorded as unit of information[3].

Why It Matters

gigabyte draws 3,430 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_information category, ranking #4 of 38).[2] gigabyte has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] gigabyte is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JEDEC memory standards. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . GOST 8.417. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . GOST 8.417. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id gigabyte
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: gig, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/f6585e22ab8ad/|details]])"
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