0 a unit of computer information, consisting of 1,000,000,000 bits, or 125 megabytes:
To think that the physics department will buy the music department a new gigabit router, and pay to rewire the concert halls with fibre, seems like pipe dreaming.
It supports 10 megabit and 100 megabit connections on copper, and gigabit connections on fiber.
The 802.11a/b/g/n wireless protocols can not achieve 1 gigabit speeds.
The inconsistency is that gigabit is never (or very rarely) used with the binary interpretation of the prefix, while gigabyte is sometimes used this way.
Previously gigabit connections were available in few numbers and reserved for people who shared the link with several others.
Data rates were periodically increased from the original 10 megabits per second to 100 gigabits per second.
Transmission speeds range from 10 megabits per second to 1 gigabit per second.
Establish a gigabit network for the research and education community and foster its use.:: 2.
