gigabyte
Digital capacity measure
A gigabyte is a unit of digital information equal to one billion bytes, or more precisely in computing contexts, 2³⁰ bytes (about 1.07 billion).
Abbreviated GB.
Storage capacity is commonly measured in gigabytes: My phone has 128 gigs.
A gigabyte holds roughly a thousand books' worth of plain text, or a few minutes of high-definition video.
Remote-to-local data transfer
- uploadTransfer data outward
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- encodingConverting data to format
file · data · processing · transfer · bandwidth · throttling · buffering · caching
Magnetic data storage device
- SSDChip-based storage device
- flashdrivePortable digital storage device
- diskFlat circular object
- HDDMagnetic platter storage device
USB · microSD · NAS · RAID · CD-ROM · DVD · Blu-ray · archive
Largest standard storage measure
- bitSmall amount or portion
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- octetGroup of precisely eight
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
throughput · transfer · allocation · quota · limit · cap · usage · consumption
download
Remote-to-local data transfer
- uploadTransfer data outward
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- compressionForcing into smaller space
encoding · file · data · processing · transfer · bandwidth · throttling · buffering · caching · syncing
harddrive
Magnetic data storage device
- SSDChip-based storage device
- flashdrivePortable digital storage device
- diskFlat circular object
HDD · USB · microSD · NAS · RAID · CD-ROM · DVD · Blu-ray · archive · backup
yottabyte
Largest standard storage measure
bandwidth · throughput · transfer · allocation · quota · limit · cap · usage · consumption
RAM
Temporary data storage hardware
stack · virtual · physical · DDR · DIMM · module · volatile · addressable · allocated · swap
- giga- unitsgigaton, gigajoule, gigavolt, gigapascal
- computer metricsbit depth, yottabyte, megabit, terabit, petabit
- computer termsbit, binary, cursor, click, code
- computingcomputer, computers, software, hardware, code
- Digital Techinternet, computer, software, hardware, email
- tech termsinternet, code, emoji, wireless, email
gigabyteanalog signal
Unquantized electrical transmission
vinyl record · film reel · printed page · physical media · magnetic tape