(2) When used to describe data transfer rates, it refers to 10 to the 9th power (1,000,000,000) bits.
Gigabit is abbreviated Gb, as opposed to gigabyte, which is abbreviated GB.
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Gigabit
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(1) When used to describe data storage, 1,024 megabits.
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