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gigabyte (n.)[gigabyte 词源字典]: 1982, from giga- "billion" + byte.[gigabyte etymology, gigabyte origin, 英语词源]
megabyte (n.): 1972, from mega- + byte.
The Sussex team has run the Forrester/Meadows models more than 1000 times on the UK's most powerful computer (the giant two-megabyte IBM 370/165 at Harwell). ["New Scientist," May 4, 1972]