Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gb

6 senses of gb

Sense 1
sarin, GB -- (a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase)
       => organophosphate nerve agent -- (any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds)

Sense 2
gilbert, Gb, Gi -- (a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns)
       => magnetomotive force unit -- (a unit of measurement of magnetomotive force)

Sense 3
gigabit, Gbit, Gb -- (a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits)
       => computer memory unit -- (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Sense 4
gigabyte, G, GB -- (a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes)
       => computer memory unit -- (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Sense 5
gigabyte, gibibyte, G, GB, GiB -- (a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes)
       => computer memory unit -- (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Sense 6
Great Britain, GB -- (an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales)
       INSTANCE OF=> island -- (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)