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gigabit
One billion bits. Also Gb, Gbit and G-bit. See giga, space/time and never say.
gigabit [′gigĀ·ə‚bit]
(communications)
One billion bits, or 1,000,000,000 bits.

(unit)gigabit - 2^30 bits, 1,073,741,824 bits.

See prefix.


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With the Force10 high density 10 Gigabit Ethernet cards, True can cost effectively provide customers with the capacity they need to accommodate traffic flows that are consistently between two and four Gigabits per second.
Tight integration and careful design methodology at the system level are fundamental requirements for ensuring high performance at 100 Gigabits per second speeds, said Joel Goergen, chief scientist and vice president of technology at Force10 Networks, during a meeting of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) to review technical specifications for the emerging technology.
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