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class="mw-page-title-main">Gigabyte</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="جيجابايت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جيجابايت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giqabayt" title="Giqabayt – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Giqabayt" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F" title="গিগাবাইট – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গিগাবাইট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82" title="Гігабайт – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Гігабайт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82" title="Гігабайт – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Гігабайт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabajt" title="Gigabajt – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Gigabajt" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte_(Einheit)" title="Gigabyte (Einheit) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gigabyte (Einheit)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabajto" title="Gigabajto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Gigabajto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="گیگابایت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گیگابایت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B0%EA%B0%80%EB%B0%94%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8" title="기가바이트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="기가바이트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A9" title="Գիգաբայթ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գիգաբայթ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9F" title="गीगाबाइट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="गीगाबाइट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabita" title="Gigabita – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gigabita" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabita" title="Gigabita – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Gigabita" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="გიგაბაიტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გიგაბაიტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82" title="Гигабайт – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Гигабайт" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabaiti" title="Gigabaiti – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Gigabaiti" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte_(GB)" title="Gigabyte (GB) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Gigabyte (GB)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabaits" title="Gigabaits – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Gigabaits" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%98%D1%82" title="Гигабајт – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Гигабајт" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D" title="ഗിഗാബൈറ്റ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഗിഗാബൈറ്റ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%9F" title="गिगाबाईट – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="गिगाबाईट" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabait" title="Gigabait – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Gigabait" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%82%AC%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88" title="ギガバイト – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ギガバイト" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabayt" title="Gigabayt – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Gigabayt" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%B9" title="گیگا بائٹ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="گیگا بائٹ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabajt" title="Gigabajt – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Gigabajt" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82" title="Гигабайт – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гигабайт" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabajti" title="Gigabajti – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Gigabajti" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte" title="Gigabyte – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Gigabyte" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabajt" title="Gigabajt – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Gigabajt" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabajt" title="Gigabajt – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Gigabajt" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabajt" title="Gigabajt – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Gigabajt" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8E%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="گێگابایت – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="گێگابایت" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a 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text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Decimal" title="Decimal">Decimal</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#ddf; text-align:center; padding:0;">Value </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#ddf; text-align:center; padding:0"><a href="/wiki/Metric_prefix" title="Metric prefix">Metric</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1000 </td> <td>kB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilobyte" title="Kilobyte">kilobyte</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1000<sup>2</sup> </td> <td>MB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Megabyte" title="Megabyte">megabyte</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1000<sup>3</sup> </td> <td>GB</td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">gigabyte</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1000<sup>4</sup> </td> <td>TB</td> <td>terabyte </td></tr> <tr> <td>1000<sup>5</sup> </td> <td>PB</td> <td>petabyte </td></tr> <tr> <td>1000<sup>6</sup> </td> <td>EB</td> <td>exabyte </td></tr> <tr> <td>1000<sup>7</sup> </td> <td>ZB</td> <td>zettabyte </td></tr> <tr> <td>1000<sup>8</sup> </td> <td>YB</td> <td>yottabyte </td></tr> <tr> <td>1000<sup>9</sup> </td> <td>RB</td> <td>ronnabyte </td></tr> <tr> <td>1000<sup>10</sup> </td> <td>QB</td> <td>quettabyte </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding:0"> <table style="border: 1px #aaa solid"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5" style="background-color:#ccf; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Binary_prefix" title="Binary prefix">Binary</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color:#ddf; text-align:center; padding:0;">Value </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#ddf; text-align:center; padding:0"><a href="/wiki/IEC_80000-13" class="mw-redirect" title="IEC 80000-13">IEC</a> </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#ddf; text-align:center; padding:0"><a href="/wiki/JEDEC_memory_standards#Unit_prefixes_for_semiconductor_storage_capacity" title="JEDEC memory standards"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000008-QINU`"'</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Size of directly addressable memory is historically denoted with KB, MB, etc., to mean binary multiples.">Memory</span></a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1024 </td> <td>KiB</td> <td>kibibyte </td> <td>KB</td> <td>kilobyte </td></tr> <tr> <td>1024<sup>2</sup> </td> <td>MiB</td> <td>mebibyte </td> <td>MB</td> <td>megabyte </td></tr> <tr> <td>1024<sup>3</sup> </td> <td>GiB</td> <td>gibibyte </td> <td>GB</td> <td>gigabyte </td></tr> <tr> <td>1024<sup>4</sup> </td> <td>TiB</td> <td>tebibyte </td> <td>TB</td> <td>terabyte </td></tr> <tr> <td>1024<sup>5</sup> </td> <td>PiB</td> <td>pebibyte </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1024<sup>6</sup> </td> <td>EiB</td> <td>exbibyte </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1024<sup>7</sup> </td> <td>ZiB</td> <td>zebibyte </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1024<sup>8</sup> </td> <td>YiB</td> <td>yobibyte </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1024<sup>9</sup> </td> <td>RiB</td> <td>robibyte </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1024<sup>10</sup> </td> <td>QiB</td> <td>quebibyte </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">— </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" style="background-color:#ddf;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(data)" title="Orders of magnitude (data)">Orders of magnitude of data</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>gigabyte</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a multiple of the unit <a href="/wiki/Byte" title="Byte">byte</a> for digital information. The <a href="/wiki/SI_prefix" class="mw-redirect" title="SI prefix">prefix</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Giga-" title="Giga-">giga</a></i> means 10<sup>9</sup> in the <a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units" title="International System of Units">International System of Units</a> (SI). Therefore, one gigabyte is one billion bytes. The unit symbol for the gigabyte is <b>GB</b>. </p><p>This definition is used in all contexts of science (especially <a href="/wiki/Data_science" title="Data science">data science</a>), <a href="/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a>, <a href="/wiki/Business" title="Business">business</a>, and many areas of <a href="/wiki/Computing" title="Computing">computing</a>, including storage capacities of <a href="/wiki/Hard_disk_drive" title="Hard disk drive">hard drives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solid-state_drive" title="Solid-state drive">solid-state drives</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Magnetic-tape_data_storage" title="Magnetic-tape data storage">tapes</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Data_transmission" class="mw-redirect" title="Data transmission">data transmission</a> speeds. The term is also used in some fields of computer science and information technology to denote <span style="white-space:nowrap">1<span style="margin-left:0.25em">073</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">741</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">824</span></span> (1024<sup>3</sup> or 2<sup>30</sup>) bytes, however, particularly for sizes of <a href="/wiki/Random-access_memory" title="Random-access memory">RAM</a>. Thus, some usage of <i>gigabyte</i> has been ambiguous. To resolve this difficulty, <a href="/wiki/IEC_80000-13" class="mw-redirect" title="IEC 80000-13">IEC 80000-13</a> clarifies that a <i>gigabyte</i> (GB) is 10<sup>9</sup> bytes and specifies the term <i>gibibyte</i> (GiB) to denote 2<sup>30</sup> bytes. These differences are still readily seen, for example, when a 400 GB drive's capacity is displayed by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> as 372 GB instead of 372 GiB. Analogously, a memory module that is labeled as having the size "<span style="white-space:nowrap">1<span style="margin-left:0.25em">GB</span></span>" has one <a href="/wiki/Gibibyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibibyte">gibibyte</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap">1<span style="margin-left:0.25em">GiB</span></span>) of storage capacity. </p><p>In response to litigation over whether the makers of electronic storage devices must conform to Microsoft Windows' use of a binary definition of "GB" instead of the metric/decimal definition, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_California" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of California">United States District Court for the Northern District of California</a> rejected that argument, ruling that "the U.S. Congress has deemed the decimal definition of gigabyte to be the 'preferred' one for the purposes of 'U.S. trade and commerce.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<sup id="cite_ref-Order_Granting_Motion_to_Dismiss_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Order_Granting_Motion_to_Dismiss-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition">Definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigabyte&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term <i>gigabyte</i> has a standard definition of 1000<sup>3</sup> bytes, as well as a discouraged<sup id="cite_ref-Order_Granting_Motion_to_Dismiss_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Order_Granting_Motion_to_Dismiss-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> meaning of 1024<sup>3</sup> bytes. The latter binary usage originated as compromise technical jargon for byte <a href="/wiki/SI_prefix" class="mw-redirect" title="SI prefix">multiples</a> 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. </p><p>In 1998 the <a href="/wiki/International_Electrotechnical_Commission" title="International Electrotechnical Commission">International Electrotechnical Commission</a> (IEC) published standards for <a href="/wiki/Binary_prefix" title="Binary prefix">binary prefixes</a>, requiring that the gigabyte strictly denote 1000<sup>3</sup> <a href="/wiki/Bytes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bytes">bytes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gibibyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibibyte">gibibyte</a> denote 1024<sup>3</sup> bytes. By the end of 2007, the IEC Standard had been adopted by the <a href="/wiki/IEEE" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE">IEEE</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">EU</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NIST" class="mw-redirect" title="NIST">NIST</a>, and in 2009 it was incorporated in the <a href="/wiki/IEC_80000-13" class="mw-redirect" title="IEC 80000-13">International System of Quantities</a>. Nevertheless, the term gigabyte continues to be widely used with the following two different meanings: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Base_10_(decimal)"><span id="Base_10_.28decimal.29"></span>Base 10 (decimal)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigabyte&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Base 10 (decimal)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 GB = <span style="white-space:nowrap">1<span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span></span> bytes (= 1000<sup>3</sup> B = 10<sup>9</sup> B)</li></ul> <p>Based on powers of 10, this definition uses the prefix giga- as defined in the <a href="/wiki/International_System_of_Units" title="International System of Units">International System of Units</a> (SI). This is the recommended definition by the <a href="/wiki/International_Electrotechnical_Commission" title="International Electrotechnical Commission">International Electrotechnical Commission</a> (IEC).<sup id="cite_ref-NIST_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIST-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This definition is used in <a href="/wiki/Computer_network" title="Computer network">networking</a> contexts and most <a href="/wiki/Storage_media" class="mw-redirect" title="Storage media">storage media</a>, particularly <a href="/wiki/Hard_drive" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard drive">hard drives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flash_memory" title="Flash memory">flash</a>-based storage,<sup id="cite_ref-sandisk_gigabyte_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sandisk_gigabyte-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kingston_gigabyte_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingston_gigabyte-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVDs</a>, and is also consistent with the other uses of the <a href="/wiki/SI_prefix" class="mw-redirect" title="SI prefix">SI prefix</a> in computing, such as <a href="/wiki/Megahertz#Megahertz_in_computing" class="mw-redirect" title="Megahertz">CPU clock speeds</a> or <a href="/wiki/FLOPS" class="mw-redirect" title="FLOPS">measures of performance</a>. The file manager of <a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a> version 10.6 and later versions are a notable example of this usage in software, which report files sizes in decimal units.<sup id="cite_ref-Apple_Inc_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apple_Inc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Base_2_(binary)"><span id="Base_2_.28binary.29"></span>Base 2 (binary)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigabyte&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Base 2 (binary)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1 GiB = <span style="white-space:nowrap">1<span style="margin-left:0.25em">073</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">741</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">824</span></span> bytes (= 1024<sup>3</sup> B = 2<sup>30</sup> B).</li></ul> <p>The binary definition uses powers of the base 2, as does the architectural principle of <a href="/wiki/Binary_code" title="Binary code">binary</a> <a href="/wiki/Computer" title="Computer">computers</a>. This usage is widely promulgated by some <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating systems</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> in reference to <a href="/wiki/Computer_memory" title="Computer memory">computer memory</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Random-access_memory" title="Random-access memory">RAM</a>). This definition is synonymous with the unambiguous unit <a href="/wiki/Gibibyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibibyte">gibibyte</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Consumer_confusion">Consumer confusion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigabyte&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Consumer confusion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the first disk drive, the <a href="/wiki/IBM_350" class="mw-redirect" title="IBM 350">IBM 350</a>, disk drive manufacturers expressed <a href="/wiki/Hard_drive" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard drive">hard drive</a> capacities using decimal prefixes. With the advent of gigabyte-range drive capacities, manufacturers labelled many consumer <a href="/wiki/Hard_drive" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard drive">hard drive</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solid-state_drive" title="Solid-state drive">solid-state drive</a> and <a href="/wiki/USB_flash_drive" title="USB flash drive">USB flash drive</a> capacities in certain size classes expressed in decimal gigabytes, such as "500 GB". The exact capacity of a given drive model is usually slightly larger than the class designation. Practically all manufacturers of hard disk drives and flash-memory disk devices<sup id="cite_ref-sandisk_gigabyte_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sandisk_gigabyte-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kingston_gigabyte_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingston_gigabyte-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> continue to define one gigabyte as <span style="white-space:nowrap">1<span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">bytes</span></span>, which is displayed on the packaging. Some operating systems such as <a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Ubuntu" title="Ubuntu">Ubuntu</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Debian" title="Debian">Debian</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> express hard drive capacity or file size using decimal multipliers, while others such as <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> report size using binary multipliers. This discrepancy causes confusion, as a disk with an advertised capacity of, for example, <span class="nowrap">400 GB</span> (meaning <span style="white-space:nowrap">400<span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">bytes</span></span>, equal to 372 GiB) might be reported by the operating system as "<span class="nowrap">372 GB</span>". </p><p>For <a href="/wiki/Random-access_memory" title="Random-access memory">RAM</a>, the <a href="/wiki/JEDEC_memory_standards" title="JEDEC memory standards">JEDEC memory standards</a> use <b>IEEE 100</b> nomenclature which quote the gigabyte as <span style="white-space:nowrap">1<span style="margin-left:0.25em">073</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">741</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">824</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">bytes</span></span> (2<sup>30</sup> bytes).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The difference between units based on decimal and binary prefixes increases as a <a href="/wiki/Semilog" class="mw-redirect" title="Semilog">semi-logarithmic</a> (linear-log) function—for example, the decimal kilobyte value is nearly 98% of the kibibyte, a <a href="/wiki/Megabyte" title="Megabyte">megabyte</a> is under 96% of a mebibyte, and a gigabyte is just over 93% of a gibibyte value. This means that a 300 GB (279 GiB) hard disk might be indicated variously as "300 GB", "279 GB" or "279 GiB", depending on the operating system. As storage sizes increase and larger units are used, these differences become more pronounced. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="US_lawsuits">US lawsuits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigabyte&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: US lawsuits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A lawsuit decided in 2019 that arose from alleged breach of contract and other claims over the binary and decimal definitions used for "gigabyte" have ended in favour of the manufacturers, with courts holding that the legal definition of gigabyte or GB is 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 (10<sup>9</sup>) bytes (the decimal definition). Specifically, the courts held that "the U.S. Congress has deemed the decimal definition of gigabyte to be the 'preferred' one for the purposes of 'U.S. trade and commerce' .... The California Legislature has likewise adopted the decimal system for all 'transactions in this state'."<sup id="cite_ref-Order_Granting_Motion_to_Dismiss_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Order_Granting_Motion_to_Dismiss-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Earlier lawsuits had ended in settlement with no court ruling on the question, such as a lawsuit against drive manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Western_Digital" title="Western Digital">Western Digital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WesternDigital_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WesternDigital-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Baskin-2006-02-01_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baskin-2006-02-01-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Western Digital settled the challenge and added explicit disclaimers to products that the usable capacity may differ from the advertised capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-WesternDigital_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WesternDigital-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seagate was sued on similar grounds and also settled.<sup id="cite_ref-WesternDigital_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WesternDigital-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Seagate_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seagate-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_contexts">Other contexts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigabyte&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other contexts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because of their physical design, the capacity of modern computer random-access memory devices, such as <a href="/wiki/DIMM" title="DIMM">DIMM</a> modules, is always a multiple of a power of 1024. It is thus convenient to use prefixes denoting powers of 1024, known as <a href="/wiki/Binary_prefixes" class="mw-redirect" title="Binary prefixes">binary prefixes</a>, in describing them. For example, a memory capacity of <span style="white-space:nowrap">1<span style="margin-left:0.25em">073</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">741</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">824</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">bytes</span></span> (1024<sup>3</sup> B) is conveniently expressed as 1 <a href="/wiki/Gibibyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibibyte">GiB</a> rather than as 1.074 GB. The former specification is, however, often quoted as "1 GB" when applied to random-access memory.<sup id="cite_ref-TS-GiB_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TS-GiB-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Software allocates memory in varying degrees of granularity as needed to fulfill data structure requirements and binary multiples are usually not required. Other computer capacities and rates, like <a href="/wiki/Computer_storage" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer storage">storage</a> hardware size, <a href="/wiki/Data_transfer_rates" class="mw-redirect" title="Data transfer rates">data transfer rates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clock_speed" class="mw-redirect" title="Clock speed">clock speeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/FLOPS" class="mw-redirect" title="FLOPS">operations per second</a>, etc. are usually presented in decimal units. For example, the manufacturer of a "300 GB" hard drive is claiming a capacity of <span style="white-space:nowrap">300<span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">000</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">bytes</span></span>, not 300 × 1024<sup>3</sup> (which would be <span style="white-space:nowrap">322<span style="margin-left:0.25em">122</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">547</span><span style="margin-left:0.25em">200</span></span>) bytes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples_of_gigabyte-sized_storage">Examples of gigabyte-sized storage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigabyte&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Examples of gigabyte-sized storage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>One hour of <a href="/wiki/Standard-definition_television" title="Standard-definition television">SDTV</a> video at 2.2 <a href="/wiki/Mbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Mbit">Mbit</a>/s is approximately 1 GB.</li> <li>Seven minutes of <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">HDTV</a> video at 19.39 Mbit/s is approximately 1 GB.</li> <li>114 minutes of uncompressed <a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CD-quality</a> audio at 1.4 Mbit/s is approximately 1 GB.</li> <li>A single-layer <a href="/wiki/DVD%2BR" class="mw-redirect" title="DVD+R">DVD+R</a> disc can hold about 4.7 GB.</li> <li>A dual-layered <a href="/wiki/DVD%2BR" class="mw-redirect" title="DVD+R">DVD+R</a> disc can hold about 8.5 GB.</li> <li>A single-layer <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a> can hold about 25 GB.</li> <li>The largest <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_Switch" title="Nintendo Switch">Nintendo Switch</a> cartridge available on the market holds about 32 GB.</li> <li>A dual-layered <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a> can hold about 50 GB.</li> <li>A triple-layered <a href="/wiki/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray" title="Ultra HD Blu-ray">Ultra HD Blu-ray</a> can hold about 100 GB.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unicode_character">Unicode character</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigabyte&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Unicode character"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "gigabyte" symbol is encoded by <a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a> at code point <span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}</style><span class="monospaced">U+3387</span> </span><span style="font-size:125%;line-height:1em">㎇</span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">SQUARE GB</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Unicode-U3300_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unicode-U3300-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigabyte&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(data)" title="Orders of magnitude (data)">Orders of magnitude (data)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binary_prefix" title="Binary prefix">Binary prefix</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gigabyte&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The prefix <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/giga-" class="extiw" title="wikt:giga-">giga-</a></i> may be pronounced two ways. <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/gigabyte">"gigabyte"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary.com" title="Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com Unabridged</a></i> (Online). n.d.</cite><span 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Merriam-Webster.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Merriam-Webster.com+Dictionary&rft.atitle=gigabyte&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fdictionary%2Fgigabyte&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigabyte" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-Order_Granting_Motion_to_Dismiss-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Order_Granting_Motion_to_Dismiss_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Order_Granting_Motion_to_Dismiss_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Order_Granting_Motion_to_Dismiss_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/flashdrives.pdf">"Order Granting Motion to Dismiss"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States District Court">United States District Court</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 January</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Order+Granting+Motion+to+Dismiss&rft.pub=United+States+District+Court&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.courthousenews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F01%2Fflashdrives.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGigabyte" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See also Dinan v. SanDisk LLC, No. 20-15287 (9th Cir. 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