Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A jig.
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Examples
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Especially, POP with the forwarding capacity of the IP packet of the gigabit class is called giga POP.
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TSMC is investing in a new "giga" chip plant called the Fab 15, which will be able to produce more than 100,000 wafers a month.
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Mr. Chang said TSMC plans to break ground on a new "giga" chip plant, called Fab 15, in Taichung, central Taiwan, in mid-2010.
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A "giga" chip plant is one that can produce more than 100,000 wafers per month.
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Technically this is correct, since the prefixes 'giga' and 'tera' do describe billions and trillions, but it leaves a little to be desired when we're talking in terms the computer understands.
Sun Bloggers 2010
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"ordinary folk" cannot grasp the scale of something as simple as a 1.5 megawatt wind turbine much less anything associated with "giga" or "terra" quantities.
Cosmic Log 2008
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Developing myriad Ponzi schemes and giga-thefts, of infinite variety, and BY ANY MEANS, in order to procure ‘base money’ for open-ended unreported, off-balance sheet, untaxed leveraging and hypothecation operations.
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According to Subaru, the sedan with the giga-sized rear wing has lower aero drag and so a 3-mph-higher top speed (158 mph) than the hatch.
Fanboys in Flight: Subaru Roars In on a Wing Dan Neil 2010
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"The giga-pixel experience brings us very close to the essence of the artist through detail that simply can't be seen in the gallery itself," said Julian Raby, director of the Freer, in a statement.
National Treasures: Google Art Project unlocks riches of world's galleries Philip Kennicott 2011
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Thanks to this joint initiative between Google and the Museo del Prado, masterpieces from this Spanish Museum's collection will be the first to be available for study and appreciation from every corner of the globe through their presence as giga-pixel images.
Museo del Prado and Google Present Fourteen Masterpieces The Nag 2009
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For example, those that multiply figures, such as giga, end in ‘a’, whereas prefixes describing the smaller end of the scale, such as atto, end in ‘o’.
How many yottabytes in a quettabyte? Extreme numbers get new names Elizabeth Gibney 2023
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