gigabit

English

Alternative forms

• Gbit

Etymology

From giga- +‎ bit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪɡəbɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪɡəbɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒɪɡəbɪt/

Noun

gigabit (plural gigabits)

1. (computing) One billion (10⁹, or 1,000,000,000) bits or 1,000 megabits.
2. (computing, informal) a gibibit.

Synonyms

• Gbit

Coordinate terms

• Previous: megabit
• Next: terabit

Derived terms

• gigabit city
• subgigabit

Related terms

• gibibyte
• gigabyte

Translations

10⁹ bits

• Czech: gigabit m
• Esperanto: gigabito
• Finnish: gigabitti (fi)
• Georgian: გიგაბიტი (gigabiṭi)
• Marathi: गिगाबिट m (gigābiṭ)
• Polish: gigabit (pl) m
• Russian: гигаби́т (ru) m (gigabít)
• Thai: กิกะบิต, จิกะบิต

20³⁰ bits

• Finnish: gigabitti (fi)
• Marathi: गिगाबिट m (gigābiṭ)

Czech

Etymology

From giga- +‎ bit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪɡabɪt]

Noun

gigabit m inan

1. gigabit

Declension

Declension of gigabit (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	gigabit	gigabity
genitive	gigabitu	gigabitů
dative	gigabitu	gigabitům
accusative	gigabit	gigabity
vocative	gigabite	gigabity
locative	gigabitu	gigabitech
instrumental	gigabitem	gigabity

Further reading

• “gigabit”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Italian

Etymology

From giga- +‎ bit.

Noun

gigabit m (invariable)

1. gigabit

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gigabit.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʒiɡaˈbit͡ʃ(i)/, /ˌʒiɡaˈbit(i)/

Noun

gigabit m (plural gigabits)

1. (computing) gigabit (one billion bits)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: Gbit, Gb

Coordinate terms

• Multiples of the bit: kilobit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, petabit, exabit, zettabit, yottabit

Related terms

• gigabyte
• gibibit

Spanish

Noun

gigabit m (plural gigabits)

1. gigabit