GB
What is a Gigabyte?
Digital Storage Unit
Definition
A gigabyte (GB) is a unit of digital information equal to 1,000 megabytes (decimal) or 1,024 megabytes (binary). It is commonly used for storage capacity.
Popular Gigabyte Conversions
Most common conversions from Gigabytes
History
The term 'gigabyte' came into use in the 1980s as storage capacities grew. The first gigabyte-capacity hard drive was released by IBM in 1980.
Common Uses
- Smartphone and computer storage
- Video file sizes
- Internet data plans
- USB drive and memory card capacities
Fun Facts
An hour of HD video is about 3-4 GB
The human brain can store an estimated 2.5 petabytes (2.5 million GB)
Netflix streaming uses about 1 GB per hour in standard definition
All Gigabyte Conversions
Gigabytes to Bits GB → b Gigabytes to Bytes GB → B Gigabytes to Kilobytes GB → KB Gigabytes to Megabytes GB → MB Gigabytes to Terabytes GB → TB Gigabytes to Petabytes GB → PB Gigabytes to Kibibytes GB → KiB Gigabytes to Mebibytes GB → MiB Gigabytes to Gibibytes GB → GiB Gigabytes to Tebibytes GB → TiB