giga- /gī-gə-, gig-ə-, jī-gə- or jig-ə-/

Denoting 10⁹, or loosely (computing) 2³⁰

gi'gabit noun (computing)

1. A thousand million bits
2. (loosely) 2³⁰ bits

giˈgabyte noun (computing)

1. A thousand million bytes or a thousand megabytes
2. (loosely) 2³⁰ bytes

giga-elecˈtron-volt noun

A unit equal to a thousand million electronvolts

giˈgaflop noun (computing)

A unit of processing speed equal to 10⁹ floating-point operations per second

Able to perform at this speed, as in gigaflop computer

giˈgahertz noun

giˈgawatt noun

gigue /zhēg/ or (Italy) giga /jēˈga/ (music)

A lively dance form usu in 6–8 or 12–8 time, often used to complete 18c dance suites

• betroth
• betrothal
• betrothals
• betrothed
• betrothing
• betrothment
• betrothments
• betroths
• bets
• betted
• better
• better-ball
• better bet
• bettered
• better half
• better halfs
• better halves
• bettering
• betterings
• betterment
• betterments
• bettermost
• betterness
• betternesses
• better off