GB: meaning, definitions and examples
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GB
[ ˈɡiːˈbiː ]
country code
GB is an abbreviation for Great Britain, which refers to the large island that includes the countries of England, Scotland, and Wales. It is often used in international contexts, such as in vehicle registration plates, airline codes, and internet domain names.
Synonyms
Great Britain, United Kingdom.
Examples of usage
- The car had a GB sticker on the back.
- You can find GB domains such as .gb.
- The team represented GB at the Olympics.
bandwidth
GB can also stand for gigabyte, a unit of digital information storage equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes. It is commonly used to quantify data sizes in computing and telecommunications.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- This hard drive has a capacity of 500 GB.
- You need at least 1 GB of RAM to run this program.
- The video file is 2 GB in size.
Translations
Translations of the word "GB" in other languages:
🇵🇹 Reino Unido
🇮🇳 ब्रिटेन
🇩🇪 Vereinigtes Königreich
🇮🇩 Inggris Raya
🇺🇦 Велика Британія
🇵🇱 Wielka Brytania
🇯🇵 イギリス
🇫🇷 Royaume-Uni
🇪🇸 Reino Unido
🇹🇷 Birleşik Krallık
🇰🇷 영국
🇸🇦 المملكة المتحدة
🇨🇿 Spojené království
🇸🇰 Spojené kráľovstvo
🇨🇳 英国
🇸🇮 Združeno kraljestvo
🇮🇸 Bretland
🇰🇿 Ұлыбритания
🇬🇪 დიდი ბრიტანეთი
🇦🇿 Böyük Britaniya
🇲🇽 Reino Unido
Etymology
The abbreviation 'GB' has its origins in the geographic and political history of the British Isles. 'Great Britain' first appeared in documents in the late 16th century when the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland were united under one crown. The term 'Great' was used to distinguish it from 'Brittany' in France, known as 'Bretagne' in French. The usage of 'GB' as an abbreviation became more common in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially with the rise of international diplomacy and commercial trade. The abbreviation is now universally recognized and is used not only in geographical contexts but also in digital data measurement, reflecting the developments in technology and information storage.