This is the 3329th most frequent German word.
gigabyte
A unit of digital information storage equal to approximately one billion bytes.
The word 'Gigabyte' is used as a unit of measurement indicating the storage capacity of the hard drive.
Mein Computer hat eine Festplatte mit einer Kapazität von 500 Gigabyte.
My computer has a hard drive with a capacity of 500 gigabytes.
Here, 'Gigabyte' specifies the amount of storage space that the file occupies on the device.
Der Film benötigt 2 Gigabyte Speicherplatz auf meinem Gerät.
The movie requires 2 gigabytes of storage space on my device.
In this sentence, 'Gigabyte' refers to the data limit provided in the internet plan.