giga-

From Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”); cognate to giant.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪɡə/, /ˈɡaɪɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪɡə/, /ˈdʒɪɡə/

giga-

1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁹; billion-. Symbol: G
2. (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2³⁰ or 1,073,741,824

In computing, meaning is ambiguous between 10⁹ = 1,000,000,000 and 2³⁰ = 1,073,741,824. For precision, gibi- specifically means the binary 2³⁰; see binary prefix for discussion.

• (2³⁰): gibi-

• nano-

• gibi-
• gigabyte
• gigaflop
• gigahertz
• gigajoule
• gigawatt

• billion
• (ISO prefixes) previous: mega-, next: tera-

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• giga- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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• IPA^(key): /ʒi.ɡa/

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