Glossary


gigabitsearch for term

Amount of memory equal to 1024 Megabits (1,073,741,824 bits) of information. A gigabit is one billion bits. It's commonly used for measuring the amount of data that is transferred in a second between two telecommunication points. For example, Gigabit Ethernet is a high-speed form of Ethernet (a local area network technology) that can provide data transfer rates of about 1 gigabit per second. Gigabits per second is usually abbreviated Gbps.

© 2013 Novell