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minus-squareGoodeye8@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoI doubt it has anything to do with Spanish. The G in Gbps stands for giga because that’s the SI prefix for 10 to the power of 9 or 1000 bigger than mega. Calling it a gig is just a lazy wording.
minus-squareBaguette@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·29 days agoI call it gig, it’s a pretty common abbreviation IMO, like 32 gigs of ram.
I doubt it has anything to do with Spanish. The G in Gbps stands for giga because that’s the SI prefix for 10 to the power of 9 or 1000 bigger than mega. Calling it a gig is just a lazy wording.
I call it gig, it’s a pretty common abbreviation IMO, like 32 gigs of ram.