gigabit

noun

giga·​bit ˈji-gə-ˌbit How to pronounce gigabit (audio) ˈgi- How to pronounce gigabit (audio)
: one billion bits

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The company has agreed to spend at least $275 million to upgrade its California network and complete its 1-gigabit service capability across its legacy service areas within three years. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 The chipmaker, in which Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala holds a 73% majority stake, aims to boost data transfer speeds to 400 gigabits per second and achieve up to five times greater energy efficiency. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 For the first time, the company also plans to launch gigabit V3 satellites into operational orbit during the next Starship test flight. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 The microwave brain For the project, the team fed gigabit-per-second data streams into the chip. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for gigabit

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First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gigabit was in 1970

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