English Explanatory Dictionary

gigaword

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unit of storage or capacity equal to (or 2³⁰ = 1,073,741,824) words. It is given the "giga" prefix because of the relative proximity of this value to 10⁹.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gigaword.wav /ˈɡɪɡəˌwɜːrd/ /ˈdʒɪɡəˌwɜːrd/

Word forms

gigaword gigawords

Etymology

From giga- + word.

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