Gb

n 1: a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns

[syn: {gilbert}, {Gb}, {Gi}]

2: a unit of information equal to one billion (1,000,000,000)

bytes or one thousand megabytes [syn: {gigabyte}, {Gigabyte},

{G}, {Gb}, {GB}]

GB

{gigabytes} or {gigabits} - see {MB}. Giga stands for

10^9 - a US billion, or in computing for 2^30.

The text of a thirty volume encyclopaedia would require about

one gigabyte of {ASCII} storage.

(1997-03-27)