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Definition: Gb |
GbNoun1. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. 2. A unit of information equal to one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes or one thousand megabytes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | GB |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "GB."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
GB | Danish | Det Forenede Kongerige | Geography |
GB | Dutch | Verenigd Koninkrijk | Geography |
GB | English | Grameen Bank | Finance |
GB | Finnish | Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta | Geography |
GB | French | Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord | Geography, Law |
GB | German | Vereinigtes Königreich Grossbritannien und Nordirland | Geography, Law |
GB | Greek | ΗνωμÎνο Î'ασίλειο | Geography |
GB | Italian | Regno Unito | Geography |
GB | Portuguese | Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda do Norte | Geography |
GB | Spanish | Reino Unido | Geography |
GB | Swedish | Förenade kungariket | Geography |
| Gb,gb | English | Gilbert | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: GbSynonyms: gigabyte (n), gilbert (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gb |
| English words defined with "Gb": Calamintha nepeta, Calamintha nepeta glantulosa ♦ field balm ♦ lesser calamint ♦ Satureja calamintha glandulosa, Satureja nepeta ♦ Territorial Army. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Gb": Digital Versatile Disc, Ditto Drive ♦ Extended Industry-Standard Architecture ♦ Get a real computer! ♦ Hepatitis Agents, GB ♦ MultiMedia Compact Disc ♦ SyQuest Technology, Inc.. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gb" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (gb), Portuguese (United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). |
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 | Specialist (T) 3rd Class Dorothy Knee and Specialist (T) Genevieve Close direct aircraft arrivals and departures from the control tower at Naval Air Station, Anacostia, District of Columbia, in early or mid-1943. Planes on the field at left include F6F, GB and GH types. Those in the center and at right include SNJ, F4F SBD and SB2A types. All have the circle and star insignia that was used until July 1943. The Control Tower Operator rating, Specialist (T), was changed to Specialist (Y) in October 1943. Credit: NAVY. |  | In the subway] / GB. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Business | Quantum Korea currently markets HDDs of "Fireball Ict" series, 7,200 rpm, Ultra ATA/66 interface type, 7.5 GB to 30GB of capacity and "Fireball Plus" series, 7,200 rpm, 8.5ms seek time, 10GB to 30GB of capacity. (references) | |
Average memory storage capacities of PCs will reach GB levels by the end of 2000 and PCs with 2GHz CPUs, 50GB HDDs, 128MB RAMs, DVD-RW drives, 100Mbps Ethernet cards, and TFT LCD monitors, will be the standard PCs used in Korea by the end of 2002, according to the report. (references) | ||
The average hard disk drive capacity currently in use is 20GB. The high end will be 30GB/40GB in late 2000. Major U.S. suppliers, such as Seagate Technologies, Maxtor Korea, Quantum Korea, and Fujitsu, reportedly are planning to place on the local market their newest 20 GB level HDDs in October this year. It means that HDDs of 40GB, 60GB, and 80 GB levels will be introduced to Korea in the near future and that the 10 GB level HDDs, currently dominating the HDD market, will soon disappear from the market. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Gb" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.07% of the time. "Gb" is used about 164 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 92.07% | 151 | 25,596 |
| Noun (common) | 6.1% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.83% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 164 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Singapore | GB Holdings Limited | United Kingdom | GB Railways Group Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "Gb": maize starch GB. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Gb": Gb-manchester, gb-plated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
gb | 282 | edit en gb sfs status | 17 |
gb rom | 258 | cheat gb | 17 |
gb leighton | 46 | 20 audio box gb juke lyra rca video | 17 |
emulator gb | 43 | 5 gb ipod | 16 |
120 gb hard drive | 35 | gb glass | 16 |
1 gb compact flash | 33 | gb serviced office | 16 |
gb online | 32 | compact flash card 1 gb | 15 |
gb home equity | 28 | gb romz | 15 |
gb airway | 25 | 120 gb | 15 |
gb sarin | 23 | 30 gb ipod | 14 |
download gb rom | 23 | 20 gb ipod | 14 |
40 gb hard drive | 22 | gb mb | 13 |
20 gb hard drive | 22 | hotel in gb | 13 |
9.4 gb dvd r | 22 | gb t | 13 |
200 gb hard drive | 21 | gb instrument | 13 |
10 gb ipod | 20 | dbz gb rom | 13 |
80 gb hard drive | 20 | gb electrical | 12 |
pokemon gb rom | 20 | 9.4 gb dvd | 11 |
1 gb | 18 | 1 card gb sd | 11 |
10 gb hard drive | 18 | 60 gb hard drive | 11 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Gb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 國家標準碼 (GB encoding standard, GBcode). (various references) | |
Danish | rosengalhveps (bedeguar gall wasp GB, cause robin's pincushion GB, mossy rose gall wasp), majsstivelse (corn starch, corn starch US, cornflour, cornstarch, maize starch, maize starch GB), forvaltning af krongods (Crown Land Office GB, Public Lands Administration, Service of Public Lands), foderkorn (feed corn GB, feed grains, grain fodder), administration af statsejede arealer (Crown Land Office GB, Public Lands Administration, Service of Public Lands). (various references) | |
Dutch | voedergranen (feed corn GB, feed grains), voedergraan (feed corn GB, feed grains), rozegalwesp (bedeguar gall wasp GB, cause robin's pincushion GB, mossy rose gall wasp), registratie en domeinen B (Crown Land Office GB, Public Lands Administration, Service of Public Lands), maisstijfsel (corn starch, corn starch US, cornflour, cornstarch, maize starch, maize starch GB), Directie der Domeinen NL (Crown Land Office GB, Public Lands Administration, Service of Public Lands), Administratie van de BTW (Crown Land Office GB, Public Lands Administration, Service of Public Lands). (various references) | |
Finnish | valtion maaomaisuuden hallinto (Crown Land Office GB, Public Lands Administration, Service of Public Lands), takkuäkämäpistiäinen (bedeguar gall wasp GB, cause robin's pincushion GB, mossy rose gall wasp), rehuvilja (feed corn GB, feed grains, grain fodder), maissitärkkelys (corn starch, corn starch US, cornflour, cornstarch, maize starch, maize starch GB). (various references) | |
French | maïzena (maize starch GB), cynipe du rosier (bedeguar gall wasp GB, cause robin's pincushion GB), corn flour (maize starch GB), céréale fourragère (feed corn GB), amidon de maïs (maize starch GB), Administration des Domaines (Crown Land Office GB). (various references) | |
German | großbritanien, gb (United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). (various references) | |
Greek | γιγαμπάιτ (giga bite, giga hertz). (various references) | |
Italian | gallicolo delle rose (bedeguar gall wasp GB, cause robin's pincushion GB, mossy rose gall wasp), cereali da foraggio (feed corn GB, feed grains), Amministrazione del Demanio Pubblico (Crown Land Office GB, Public Lands Administration, Service of Public Lands), amido di mais (cornstarch). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | gbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | amido de milho (corn starch, corn starch US, cornflour, cornstarch, maize starch, maize starch GB). (various references) | |
Spanish | cinipido de las agallas del rosal (bedeguar gall wasp GB, cause robin's pincushion GB, mossy rose gall wasp), cereales-pienso (feed corn GB, feed grains), cereales forrajeros (feed corn GB, feed grains), almidon de maiz (corn starch, corn starch US, cornflour, cornstarch, maize starch, maize starch GB), administración de fincas públicas (Crown Land Office GB, Public Lands Administration, Service of Public Lands). (various references) | |
Swedish | sömntornstekel (bedeguar gall wasp GB, cause robin's pincushion GB, mossy rose gall wasp), majsstärkelse (corn starch, corn starch US, cornflour, cornstarch, maize starch, maize starch GB), fodersäd (fodder grain), förvaltning av statsägd jord (Crown Land Office GB, Public Lands Administration, Service of Public Lands), Domänförvaltning (Crown Land Office GB, Public Lands Administration, Service of Public Lands). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words containing "Gb": bogbean, bogbeans, bugbane, bugbanes, bugbear, bugbears, dingbat, dingbats, dogbane, dogbanes, dogberries, dogberry, eggbeater, eggbeaters, fogbound, fogbow, fogbows, gangbanger, gangbangers, gangbuster, gangbusters, hagberries, hagberry, hagborn, hagbush, hagbushes, hagbut, hagbuts, hangbird, hangbirds, herringbone, herringboned, herringbones, herringboning, hogback, hogbacks, hummingbird, hummingbirds, kingbird, kingbirds, kingbolt, kingbolts, langbeinite, langbeinites, logbook, logbooks, longboat, longboats, longbow, longbowman, longbowmen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g" | |
+1 letter: bag, beg, big, bog, bug, gab, gib, gob. | |
+2 letters: bags, bang, begs, berg, bigs, bogs, bogy, bong, brag, brig, bugs, bung, burg, gabs, gaby, gamb, garb, gibe, gibs, glib, glob, gobo, gobs, goby, grab, grub, gybe. | |
+3 letters: badge, bagel, baggy, bangs, barge, befog, began, begat, beget, begin, begot, begum, begun, beige, beigy, being, belga, bergs, bewig, bhang, bight, bigly, bigot, bilge, bilgy, binge, bingo, bogan, bogey, boggy, bogie, bogle, bogus, boing, bongo, bongs, boogy, bough, bourg, brags, brigs, bring, brugh, budge, buggy, bugle, bulge, bulgy, bungs, burgh, burgs, debug, gabby, gable, gamba, gambe, gambs, garbs, gibed, giber, gibes, gleba, glebe, globe, globs, goban, gobos, gombo, grabs, grebe, grubs, gumbo, gybed, gybes, rugby. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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