Glossary G

GB = GigaByte (1 GB = 1,024 MegaBytes = 1,048,576 KiloBytes).
GBps = GigaBytes per second.
gbps = gigabits per second.
GDDR-II = Graphics Double Data Rate Random Access Memory 2nd generation (NVidia GeForceFX).
GDDR-III = Graphics Double Data Rate Random Access Memory 3rd generation (ATI Radeon 9500/9700/9900).
GDI = Graphics Device Interface (Microsoft Windows).
GDR-SDRAM = Gigabyte Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory.
GEM = Ventura/GEM image file.
GIF = Graphics Interchange Format file standard (CompuServe).
Glide = 3dfx Voodoo family proprietary 3D APIs.
G.Lite = ITU G.992.2 1.4 Mbps Digital Subscriber Line modem standard (ADSL).
GM = General MIDI standard.
GMT = Greenwich Mean Time (renamed UTC) international time standard.
GNU = GNU's Not UNIX.
GPF = General Protection Fault (Microsoft Windows).
GMR = Giant Magneto-Resistive effect (IBM hard drive technology).
GPL = General Public License (GNU).
GPU = Graphics Processing Unit (NVidia GeForce family 2D/3D chipsets).
GTS = Giga Texel Shader (NVidia GeForce2 and newer 3D technology).
GUI = Graphical User Interface (2D).
GVIF = Gigabit Video InterFace (Sony LCD).