Data Storage

What is a Gigabyte? (GB)

Definition

A gigabyte (symbol: GB) is a unit of digital information equal to 1,024 megabytes or approximately one billion bytes. It is the most commonly used unit for measuring storage capacity of devices such as smartphones, USB drives, and hard drives, as well as for data plans and file sizes of large media.

Common Uses

  • › Phone and tablet storage capacity
  • › Mobile data plans
  • › Movie and video file sizes
  • › Game and software installs

Converters

Gigabytes to Megabytes → Gigabytes to Terabytes →

Key Facts

  • Symbol
    GB
  • Category
    Data Storage
  • 1 GB = 1,024 MB
  • 1 GB = 1,048,576 KB
  • 1 GB ≈ 1 billion bytes
  • 1,024 GB = 1 TB

Related Terms

About the Gigabyte

A gigabyte (symbol: GB) is a unit of digital information equal to 1,024 megabytes or approximately one billion bytes. It is the most commonly used unit for measuring storage capacity of devices such as smartphones, USB drives, and hard drives, as well as for data plans and file sizes of large media.

Equivalents and conversions

  • 1 GB = 1,024 MB
  • 1 GB = 1,048,576 KB
  • 1 GB ≈ 1 billion bytes
  • 1,024 GB = 1 TB

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