What is the meaning of the word "gigabyte"?

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  1. a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes, or 1,000,000,000 bytes copy to clipboard noun
    • My new camera can store a gigabyte of photos. copy to clipboard
  2. a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 i.e. 1,073,741,824 bytes copy to clipboard noun
    • My laptop has many gigabytes of storage. copy to clipboard

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