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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does GB stand for?
A
Gigabyte
B
Giantbyte
C
Giagabyte
D
Giggabyte
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A gigabyte (GB)–pronounced with two hard Gs–is a unit of data storage capacity that is roughly equivalent to 1 billion bytes. In decimal notation (base 10), a gigabyte is exactly 1 billion bytes. In binary notation (base 2), a gigabyte is equal to 230 bytes, or 1, 073, 741, 824 bytes.

Detailed explanation-2: -In this convention, one thousand and twenty-four megabytes (1024 MB) is equal to one gigabyte (1 GB), where 1 GB is 10243 bytes (i.e., 1 GiB).

Detailed explanation-3: -Quite simply, a gigabit connection exponentially delivers many more bits per second than a megabit connection does (1 gigabit=1000 megabits), just like a gigabyte contains exponentially many more bytes of storage space than a megabyte does (1 gigabyte=1000 megabytes).

Detailed explanation-4: -What is a GB? A GB (gigabyte) is a way of measuring how much data you have on an electronic device. 1GB is approximately 1, 000MB (megabytes). The amount of GBs you have on your SIM plan determines how much mobile data you have available each month.

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