Definitions

1. noun

A unit of mass in the imperial system, equal to 1,000 kilograms or 1,000,000 grams.

“The ship’s cargo weighed several thousand GBs of goods.”

2. noun

The main unit of measurement for information or data, equivalent to 1,073,741,824 bytes.

“The computer’s storage was measured in GBs of data.”

3. initialism

A common abbreviation for Great Britain or Grand Bassa, among other uses.

“The GB team won the international competition.”

4. noun

A unit of measurement for digital video, equal to one gigabyte of video data.

“The new TV show was released in a GB video format.”