Gigabyte vs. Gig
Gigabytenoun
(SI) 109, one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes. SI symbol: GB
Gigabytenoun
(computing) a gibibyte or 10243 (1,073,741,824) bytes.
Gigabytenoun
a unit of information equal to one billion (1,073,741,824) bytes or 1024 megabytes
Gigabytenoun
a unit of information equal to one thousand million (10⁹) or, strictly, 2³⁰ bytes.
Gigabyte
The gigabyte () is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix giga means 109 in the International System of Units (SI).
Gignoun
A performing engagement by a musical group; or, generally, any job or role, especially for a musician or performer.
Gignoun
Any job; especially one that is temporary; or alternately, one that is very desirable.
Gignoun
A forked spear for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals.
Gignoun
(historical) A two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.
Gignoun
A six-oared sea rowing boat commonly found in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Gignoun
(watercraft) An open boat used to transport the captain of a ship, the captain's gig.
Gignoun
A demerit received for some infraction of military dress or deportment codes.
Gignoun
Clipped form of gigabyte.
Gignoun
(slang) Any unit having the SI prefix giga-
Gignoun
(obsolete) A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Gigverb
To fish or catch with a gig, or fish spear.
Gigverb
To engage in musical performances.
Gigverb
To make fun of; to make a joke at someone's expense, often condescending.
Gigverb
To impose a demerit for an infraction of a dress or deportment code.
Gigverb
To engender.
Gignoun
A fiddle.
Gignoun
A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Gignoun
A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Gignoun
A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play.
Gignoun
A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
Gignoun
A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
Gignoun
A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth.
Gignoun
A job for a specified, usually short period of time; - used especially for the temporary engagements of an entertainer, such as a jazz musician or a rock group; as, a one-week gig in Las Vegas.
Gigverb
To engender.
Gigverb
To fish with a gig.
Gignoun
long and light rowing boat; especially for racing
Gignoun
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
Gignoun
a cluster of hooks (without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting
Gignoun
tender that is a light ship's boat; often for personal use of captain
Gignoun
small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood
Gignoun
a booking for musicians;
