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Gb

abbr.

gigabit

GB

abbr.

1. gigabyte

2. Great Britain

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Gb

symbol for

(Units) gilbert

abbreviation for

(Computer Science) Also: GB gigabyte

GB

abbreviation for

1. (Placename) Great Britain

2. (Computer Science) Also: Gb gigabyte

3. (Automotive Engineering) Great Britain (international car registration)

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GB

gigabyte.

G.B.

Great Britain.

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Noun	1.	GB - a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase sarin organophosphate nerve agent - any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds
	2.	Gb - a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns Gi, gilbert magnetomotive force unit - a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force
	3.	Gb - a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits Gbit, gigabit computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory Mb, Mbit, megabit - a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits Tbit, terabit, Tb - a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits
	4.	GB - a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes gigabyte, G computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory megabyte, MB, M - a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes terabyte, TB - a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
	5.	GB - a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes GiB, gibibyte, gigabyte, G computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory mebibyte, MiB, megabyte, MB, M - a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes tebibyte, TiB, terabyte, TB - a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
	6.	GB - an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales Great Britain British Isles - Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts Solway Firth - a large firth on the west coast of Britain between England and Scotland Brit, Britisher, Briton - a native or inhabitant of Great Britain

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Großbritannien

G.B.GB gigabyte

GB

N ABBR =Great Britain → Gran Bretaña f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

GB

abbr of Great Britain → GB nt, → Großbritannien nt

abbr of gigabyte → GB

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GB

[ˌdʒiːˈbiː] abbr =Great Britain → GB

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