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{{title|Gigabyte (GB)}}{{units of digital info|Gigabyte|10<sup>9</sup> Bytes<br>1000 Megabytes}} | {{title|Gigabyte (GB)}}{{units of digital info|Gigabyte|10<sup>9</sup> Bytes<br>1000 Megabytes}} | ||
| − | A '''gigabyte''' ('''GB'''), derived from ''[[wikipedia:giga-|giga]] | + | A '''gigabyte''' ('''GB'''), derived from ''[[wikipedia:giga-|giga-]]'' prefix, is an [[wikipedia: International System of Units|International System of Units]] (SI) unit of digital information storage equal to 1000 [[megabytes]]. This unit is part of {{iec|80000-13|IEC 80000-13}} (International System of Quantities) which requires this unit to always equal 1000 megabytes. A closely related unit, [[gibibyte]], is used to represent 1024 mebibytes. |
| − | :<math>1 \text{ GB} = | + | :<math>1 \text{ GB} = 1\,000 \text{ MB} = 10^{9} \text{ bytes} = 1\,000\,000\,000 \text{ bytes} = 8\,000\,000\,000 \text{ bits}</math> |
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A gigabyte (GB), derived from giga- prefix, is an International System of Units (SI) unit of digital information storage equal to 1000 megabytes. This unit is part of IEC 80000-13 (International System of Quantities) which requires this unit to always equal 1000 megabytes. A closely related unit, gibibyte, is used to represent 1024 mebibytes.