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Gigabyte vs Megabit - What's the difference?

gigabyte | megabit |

As nouns the difference between gigabyte and megabit

is that gigabyte is 109, one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes. SI symbol: GB while megabit is 106 = 1,000,000 bits or 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes.

gigabyte

English

(wikipedia gigabyte)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (SI) 109, one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes. SI symbol: GB
  • * 1981 , IBM, IBM 3380 Direct Access Storage Description and User's Guide , page 1
    • The IBM 3380 Direct Access Storage is a disk storage device with a storage capacity of 2.5 gigabytes (billion bytes) per unit, an increase of almost four times the capacity of the IBM 3350 Direct Access Storage.
  • (computing, colloquial) Imprecisely, a gibibyte or 10243 (1,073,741,824) bytes. SI symbol: GiB, computing symbol: GB.

    • Coordinate terms

    * Previous: megabyte * Next: terabyte

    Related terms

    * gibibyte * gigabit

    Synonyms

    * gig

    References

    * The IEC explanation of its definitions ----

    megabit

    English

    (wikipedia megabit)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) 106 = 1,000,000 bits or 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes)
  • * 1965 , IBM, Field Engineering Theory of Operation 2311 Disk Storage Drive , page 3-27
    • When reading clock pulses only, the signal frequency is 625 kHz. The bit rate, however, is twice the signal frequency, or 1.25 megabits /sec.
  • (computing) 220 = 1,048,576 bits; a mebibit

    • Synonyms

    * Mb * Mib

    Coordinate terms

    * bit , kilobit , gigabit , terabit , petabit , exabit

    Related terms

    * megabyte (MB)

    See also

    * Mbps ----