This article is about the unit of storage. For the networking technology, see Gigabit Ethernet. Gigabit Ethernet (GbE or 1 GigE is a term describing various technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second, as defined by the

v • d • e Quantities of bits
SI prefixes			Binary prefixes
Name (Symbol)	Standard SI	Binary usage	Name (Symbol)	Value
kilobit (kbit)	103	210	kibibit (Kibit)	210
megabit (Mbit)	106	220	mebibit (Mibit)	220
gigabit (Gbit)	109	230	gibibit (Gibit)	230
terabit (Tbit)	1012	240	tebibit (Tibit)	240
petabit (Pbit)	1015	250	pebibit (Pibit)	250
exabit (Ebit)	1018	260	exbibit (Eibit)	260
zettabit (Zbit)	1021	270	zebibit (Zibit)	270
yottabit (Ybit)	1024	280	yobibit (Yibit)	280

A gigabit is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Gbit (or Gb). A bit is a binary digit, taking a value of either 0 or 1 Binary digits are a basic unit of Information storage and communication An SI prefix (also known as a metric prefix) is a name or associated symbol that precedes a unit of measure (or its symbol to form a Decimal multiple or In computing binary prefixes are names or associated symbols that can precede a unit of measure (such as a Byte) to indicate multiplication by a power of two In computing binary prefixes are names or associated symbols that can precede a unit of measure (such as a Byte) to indicate multiplication by a power of two A kilobit is a unit of information abbreviated kbit (or kb) The standard definition is 1 kilobit = 103 bit = 1000 Bit. A kibibit (a contraction of ki lo bi nary digi' t') is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated Kibit, A megabit is a unit of Information or computer storage abbreviated Mbit (or Mb) A mebibit (a contraction of mega binary digit is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated Mibit or sometimes Mib. A gibibit (a contraction of gi ga bi nary digi' t') is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated as Gibit A terabit is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated Tbit (or Tb) A tebibit (a contraction of te ra bi nary digi' t') is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated Tibit or A petabit is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated Pbit (or Pb) A pebibit (a contraction of pe ta bi nary dig' it') is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated Pibit or An exabit is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated Ebit (or Eb) A exbibit (a contraction of ex a bi nary digi' t') is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated Eibit or A zettabit is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated Zbit (or Zb) In computing binary prefixes are names or associated symbols that can precede a unit of measure (such as a Byte) to indicate multiplication by a power of two A yottabit is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated Ybit (or Yb) In computing binary prefixes are names or associated symbols that can precede a unit of measure (such as a Byte) to indicate multiplication by a power of two

1 gigabit = 10⁹ = 1,000,000,000 bits (which is equal to 125 decimal megabytes or 119. A bit is a binary digit, taking a value of either 0 or 1 Binary digits are a basic unit of Information storage and communication A megabyte is a unit of Information or Computer storage equal to either 106 (1000000 Bytes or 220 (1048576 bytes depending on 2 mebibytes, as 8 bits equals one byte)

The gigabit is closely related to the gibibit, which is unambiguously equal to 2³⁰ bits = 1,073,741,824 bits. A mebibyte (a contraction of me ga bi nary byte) is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated MiB. A bit is a binary digit, taking a value of either 0 or 1 Binary digits are a basic unit of Information storage and communication A byte (pronounced "bite" baɪt is the basic unit of measurement of information storage in Computer science. A gibibit (a contraction of gi ga bi nary digi' t') is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated as Gibit

Note that the difference between a billion bits and a gibibit is greater than 7%. This is sufficient to make it economically compelling to represent certain classes of storage devices in (true) gigabits or gigabytes rather than gibibits/gibibytes. Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, refers to Computer components devices and recording media that retain digital A gibibyte (a contraction of gi ga bi nary byte) is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated GiB. RAM and flash chips are usually required to have a capacity that is a power of two, but other devices like hard disk drives need not. Flash memory is non-volatile computer memory that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed In Mathematics, a power of two is any of the Integer powers of the number two; in other words two multiplied by itself a certain A hard disk drive ( HDD) commonly referred to as a hard drive, hard disk, or fixed disk drive, is a Non-volatile storage device

See also

• bit
• gibibit
• gigabyte
• gigabit per second
• binary prefix
• orders of magnitude (data)
• gigabit Ethernet and 10 gigabit Ethernet

A bit is a binary digit, taking a value of either 0 or 1 Binary digits are a basic unit of Information storage and communication A gibibit (a contraction of gi ga bi nary digi' t') is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated as Gibit A gigabyte (derived from the SI prefix Giga-) is a unit of Information or Computer In telecommunications Bit rate or Data transfer rate is the average number of Bits characters or blocks per unit time passing between equipment in a data transmission In computing binary prefixes are names or associated symbols that can precede a unit of measure (such as a Byte) to indicate multiplication by a power of two This is a list of orders of magnitude for Data (or Information) measured in Bits This article assumes a descriptive attitude towards terminology reflecting Gigabit Ethernet (GbE or 1 GigE is a term describing various technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second, as defined by the

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