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Meanings of GB in English

Portuguese
grã-bretanha
Catalan
gran bretanya
Spanish
gran bretaña

An island comprising England and Scotland and Wales.

        grã-bretanha
        Portuguese
        gibibyte
        Catalan
        gb
        Spanish
        gibibyte

        A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes.

              gibibyte
              Catalan
              gilbert

              A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns.

                    gilbert
                    Portuguese
                    gigabit
                    Catalan
                    gigabit
                    Spanish
                    gigabit

                    A unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits.

                          gigabit
                          Synonyms
                          Examples for "gigabit"
                          Examples for "gigabit"
                          1
                          The city rolled out its gigabit internet service to customers in 2010.
                          Wired
                          2
                          Of those, nearly 3 million have access to full symmetrical gigabit speeds.
                          Wired
                          3
                          The high-speed module is designed for gigabit operation to achieve high bandwidth.
                          Pubmed
                          4
                          Wired networking fanatics will love the inclusion of a gigabit Ethernet port.
                          Wired
                          5
                          New York is set to introduce free gigabit speed wi-fi across the city.
                          BBC
                          1
                          That would translate, the company said, into 2 Gbits right in your home: more bandwidth than you'd ever know what to do with.
                          Wired
                          Usage of GB in English
                          1
                          For example, the following example limits the autoextending file to 2 GB:
                          High performance mysql, 2nd edition
                          2
                          The package also includes 2 GB of data for roaming in Europe.
                          Reuters
                          3
                          A few years yet... GB: You will be very good at it.
                          The Guardian
                          4
                          The Dropbox service is free for 2 GB of storage per month.
                          Wired
                          5
                          There is also a GB & NI Market Retention and Growth programme.
                          The Irish Times
                          6
                          Contracts also had to allow downloads of more than 250GB per month.
                          News.com.au
                          7
                          The 8GB version is expected to launch within weeks, the sources said.
                          Reuters
                          8
                          However, the anti-apoptotic properties of GB in cardiovascular disease remain poorly understood.
                          Pubmed
                          9
                          It consists of about one million documents occupying 40 GB of data.
                          Wired
                          10
                          All iPhone tariffs include anytime minutes, texts and a 1GB data bundle.
                          The Irish Times
                          11
                          That's a death sentence, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told 2GB yesterday morning.
                          News.com.au
                          12
                          Or is Team GB actually Team UK, and someone forgot the Irish?
                          The Guardian
                          13
                          It has yet to start shipping pre-orders for the 32 GB version.
                          Reuters
                          14
                          Make sure your client has an EORI number that starts with GB.
                          The South African
                          15
                          To be a success, Hotel GB needed to pare itself down wildly.
                          The Guardian
                          16
                          The four-strong GB squad begin their campaign in Daytona, USA, on Friday.
                          BBC
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