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{{short description|Unit of digital information}}
{{About|a multiple of bytes|the binary unit of measurement|gibibyte|the company|Gigabyte Technology|other uses|Gigabyte (disambiguation)}}
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The '''gigabyte''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɪ|ɡ|ə|b|aɪ|t|,_|ˈ|dʒ|ɪ|ɡ|ə|b|aɪ|t}})<ref>The prefix ''[[wikt:giga-|giga-]]'' may be pronounced two ways.
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==Definition==
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[[File:Laptop-hard-drive-exposed.jpg|thumb|right|This 2.5 inch [[Hard disk drive|hard drive]] can hold 500 GB (i.e., 500 billion bytes) of data.]]
The term ''gigabyte'' has a standard definition of 1000<sup>3</sup> bytes, as well as a discouraged<ref name="Order Granting Motion to Dismiss">{{cite web |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/flashdrives.pdf |title=Order Granting Motion to Dismiss |publisher=[[United States District Court]] |access-date = 2020-01-24}}</ref> meaning of 1024<sup>3</sup> bytes. The latter binary usage originated as compromise technical jargon for byte [[SI prefix|multiples]] that needed to be expressed in a power of 2, but lacked a convenient name. As 1024 (2<sup>10</sup>) is approximately 1000 (10<sup>3</sup>), roughly corresponding to SI multiples, it was used for binary multiples as well.
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