gigabit
- n a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits
- Ultimately, the network will be capable of data-transmission speeds of up to one gigabit per second, says John Lindsay, carrier relations manager at Internode, an Internet service .
- The devices, trained on each other through windows, can send a gigabit of information per second--600 times faster than the T-1 lines used in many offices.
- Eight applications, ranging from an Amazon book-review tool to a store-and-share space for a gigabit of files, went live Tuesday night.