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Noun: GB
  1. A highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase
    - sarin
     
  2. A unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
    - gigabyte, gibibyte, G, GiB, gig [informal]
     
  3. A unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes
    - gigabyte, G, gig [informal]
     
  4. An island comprising England and Scotland and Wales
    - Great Britain
Noun: Gb
  1. A unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits
    - gigabit, Gbit
     
  2. A unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
    - gilbert, Gi

Derived forms: Gbs, GBs

Type of: computer memory unit, G agent, G-series agent, G-series nerve agent, island, magnetomotive force unit, organophosphate nerve agent

Part of: British Isles, TB, Tbit, tebibyte, terabit, terabyte, TiB

Encyclopedia: GB

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