GB

Digital capacity measure

GB is an abbreviation for gigabyte, a unit of digital storage equal to roughly one billion bytes.

It measures file sizes, storage capacity, and data plans: My phone has 128 GB of storage, I used up my 5 GB of monthly data.

The lowercase Gb (gigabit) is a smaller unit used mainly for transfer speeds. (Lowercase Gb is gigabit.)

Britain

UK

British sovereign state

BritishOf the United Kingdom
United KingdomAtlantic archipelago nation
EnglandLargest British country

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storage

megabyte

Data capacity measure

terabyteTrillion-byte measure
kilobyteStorage measurement unit
petabyteQuadrillion bytes measured

exabyte · zettabyte · yottabyte · byte · bit · binary · capacity · allocation · disk · drive

Categories

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abbreviationsMr, Mrs, Ms, Dr, Jr
unitsunit, angstrom, yard, meter, base units
phone specsRAM, CPU, GPU, processor, display
nerve agentssarin, VX, GA, GF, VM
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Opposites

digital vs. analog storage

Comparable equivalent

vinyl · film · paper · tape · magnetic tape

data capacity scale

Small amount or portion

byte · KB · kilobyte · MB · megabyte

country code disambiguation

GBUS

States abbreviation

Phrases

Team GBBritain's Olympic brand name

Family

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G