What does the acronym GHz stand for?

What does the acronym GHz stand for?

• A. GigaHertz
• B. Gigahertz
• C. Graphical Hertz
• D. Great Hertz

Answer: (B)

Frequency describes how often something repeats in one second. GHz means using the gigahertz unit, where giga- indicates 1,000,000,000. So one gigahertz is one billion hertz, i.e., one billion cycles per second. This is a common way to express how fast a processor clock runs or how wide a communication channel can operate. The term is formed from giga- plus hertz, and is typically written as gigahertz in text even though the symbol is GHz (capital G, lowercase rest). Other options aren’t real terms for this unit.

Frequency describes how often something repeats in one second. GHz means using the gigahertz unit, where giga- indicates 1,000,000,000. So one gigahertz is one billion hertz, i.e., one billion cycles per second. This is a common way to express how fast a processor clock runs or how wide a communication channel can operate. The term is formed from giga- plus hertz, and is typically written as gigahertz in text even though the symbol is GHz (capital G, lowercase rest). Other options aren’t real terms for this unit.