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gigabit

[′gig·ə‚bit]
(communications)
One billion bits, or 1,000,000,000 bits.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

gigabit

(unit)
2^30 bits, 1,073,741,824 bits.

See prefix.
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