Source : WordNet®
GB
n 1: a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the
activity of cholinesterase [syn: {sarin}]
2: a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
[syn: {gilbert}, {Gi}]
3: a unit of information equal to one billion (1,073,741,824)
bytes or 1024 megabytes [syn: {gigabyte}, {G}]
4: a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the
British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales
and Northern Ireland [syn: {United Kingdom}, {UK}, {Great
Britain}, {Britain}, {United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
GB
{gigabytes} or {gigabits} - see {MB}. Giga stands for
10^9 - a US billion, or in computing for 2^30.
The text of a thirty volume encyclopaedia would require about
one gigabyte of {ASCII} storage.
(1997-03-27)
Gb
Gigabit. 10^9 {bit}s. Might also be wrongly used for
{gigabyte} ({GB}).
(1997-03-27)
gb
(Great Britain) A {country code} for United
Kingdom. "{uk}" is generally used instead.
(1999-01-27)