GB

See also: gb, Gb, ɡb, .gb, and G♭

㎇ U+3387, ㎇ SQUARE GB ← ㎆ [U+3386] CJK Compatibility ㎈ → [U+3388]

Translingual

Symbol

GB

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for United Kingdom.

   Synonym: GBR (alpha-3)

Usage notes

The code includes the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

Anagrams

• BG

English

Symbol

GB

1. (computing, formal) gigabyte (1,000 megabytes or 1,000,000,000 bytes)
   • 1989, IBM, IBM 3390 Direct Access Storage Reference Summary, page 7

     MB equals 10⁶ bytes and GB equals 10⁹ bytes

2. (computing, informal) gibibyte (2¹⁰ (1024) megabytes (mebibytes) or 2³⁰ (1,073,741,824) bytes).

   Synonym: GiB.

Noun

GB (plural GBs)

1. (anatomy) Initialism of gallbladder.
2. (informal, pharmacology) Initialism of goofball (“barbiturate”).
   • 1965 February 26, James Mills, “The World of Needle Park”, in Time, volume 58, number 8, page 82:

     Goofballs usually produce a quiet drowsiness, but also at times a tense aggressiveness that can be frighteningly unpredictable. Irene's behavior when she is high on GBs, which is most of the time, has created such havoc in the neighborhood restaurants that they no longer let her in.

3. (crystallography) Initialism of grain boundary.

Translations

gigabyte

• French: Go (fr)
• Georgian: გბაიტი (gbaiṭi), გბ (gb)
• Tigrinya: ጊባ (giba)

Proper noun

GB

1. Initialism of Great Britain.
2. Initialism of Gilgit-Baltistan.
3. Abbreviation of Green Bay in Wisconsin, USA.
4. Initialism of Game Boy.
5. (chemistry, military) Initialism of German agent B (US designation for the nerve gas sarin).
6. Initialism of Guantanamo Bay.
7. (linguistics) Initialism of Government and Binding.

See also

• Great Britain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Green Bay, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Phrase

GB

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of God bless.

Anagrams

• Bg., bg

Spanish

Proper noun

GB f

1. Acronym of Geroa Bai.

Yoruba

Letter

GB

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gb (“The eighth letter of the Yoruba alphabet”)

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y

• As used in Benin: (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y