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Giga (other)
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Giga- is a prefix for one billion. Giga or ''GIGA'' may also refer to: Music and dance * Gigue or giga: a Baroque dance * Ģīga, a Latvian musical instrument * Giga (instrument), a Scandinavian musical instrument Other uses * Giga (given name), a Georgian given name * Giga (brand), an adult game and visual novel brand * Giga Pets, a series of virtual pets * GIGA Television, a German TV station * German Institute for Global and Area Studies * Giga (United Nations), UN projects, e.g. to connect schools to the internet * Isuzu Giga, truck series * St.GIGA, a Japanese satellite radio station * Ivan Vuković, or Giga, Montenegrin footballer See also * Gega (other) Gega may refer to: * , a tributary of the Bzyb River of Georgia * Gega, Bulgaria, a village in Bulgaria * Gega Point, a promontory in Antarctica * Gega (surname), an Albanian surname (including a list of people with the name) * Gega Diasamidze (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giga-
Giga ( or ) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of a short-scale billion or long-scale milliard (109 or ). It has the symbol G. ''Giga'' is derived from the Greek word (''gígas''), meaning "giant". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' reports the earliest written use of ''giga'' in this sense to be in the Reports of the IUPAC 14th Conférence Internationale de Chimie in 1947: "The following prefixes to abbreviations for the names of units should be used: G giga 109×." When referring to information units in computing, such as gigabyte, giga may sometimes mean (230); this causes ambiguity. Standards organizations discourage this and use giga- to refer to 109 in this context too. ''Gigabit'' is only rarely used with the binary interpretation of the prefix. The binary prefix '' gibi'' has been adopted for 230, while reserving ''giga'' exclusively for the metric definition. Pronunciation In English, the prefix ''giga'' can be pronounced (a hard ''g'' as in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigue
The gigue (; ) or giga () is a lively baroque dance originating from the English jig. It was imported into France in the mid-17th centuryBellingham, Jane"gigue."''The Oxford Companion to Music''. Ed. Alison Latham. Oxford Music Online. 6 July 2008 and usually appears at the end of a suite. The gigue was probably never a court dance, but it was danced by nobility on social occasions and several court composers wrote gigues.Louis Horst, ''Pre-Classic Dance Forms'', (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Book Company, 1987), 54–60. A gigue is usually in or in one of its compound metre derivatives, such as , , or , although there are some gigues written in other metres, as for example the gigue from Johann Sebastian Bach's first ''French Suite'' (BWV 812), which is written in and has a distinctive strutting "dotted" rhythm. Gigues often have a contrapuntal texture as well as often having accents on the third beats in the bar, making the gigue a lively folk dance. In early French thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ģīga
The ģīga or divstīdzis is a two-stringed bowed zither found in Latvia. The instrument is descended from the psalmodicon ( lv, vienstīdzis or ''manihorka''), a bowed monochord developed in Sweden in 1829 for liturgical singing. From there it filtered down to the Latvian peasantry who sometimes added a second string for harmony.Folklora.lv See also *Giga, a type of bowed lyre *Fiðla The ''Icelandic fiddle'' (Icelandic: fiðla �fɪðla is a traditional Icelandic instrument that can be described as a box with two brass strings which is played with a bow. The strings stretch across one end of the box to the other where they ..., a bowed zither native to Iceland SourcesFolklora.lv References Latvian musical instruments Bowed box zithers {{zither-instrument-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giga (instrument)
The giga was a type of bowed lyre The lyre () is a stringed musical instrument that is classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as a member of the lute-family of instruments. In organology, a lyre is considered a yoke lute, since it is a lute in which the strings are attached to a yoke ..., it was very popular especially in Norway, but also common to find in England, Iceland and Denmark.Otto Emanuel Andersson. ''The bowed-harp: a study in the history of early musical instruments''. AMS Press, 1973. , . Pg 25/ref> It is considered to be extinct; however there are some interesting reconstruction projects. The name does not originate from Latin, but rather derives from an old Viking word that meaning for "to vibrate", "to move in a fast way": this term is also the origin for the name of the dance called Jig that is very common in Northern Europe, especially in the British isles. Sources *Otto Emanuel Andersson. ''The Shetland Gue, the Welsh Crwth, and the Northern Bowed Harp''. Offpr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giga (given Name)
Giga is a Georgian given name. People with the name include: *Giga Bokeria (born 1972), Georgian politician *Giga Chikadze (born 1988), Georgian mixed martial artist * Giga Mamulashvili (born 1991), Russian footballer of Georgian descent * Giga Norakidze (1930—1995), Georgian footballer * Giga Quparadze (born 1987), Georgian chess grandmaster *Giga Zedania (fl. 2000s–2020s), Georgian philosopher and academic See also *Giga (other) Giga- is a prefix for one billion. Giga or ''GIGA'' may also refer to: Music and dance * Gigue or giga: a Baroque dance * Ģīga, a Latvian musical instrument * Giga (instrument), a Scandinavian musical instrument Other uses * Giga (given n ... {{given name Georgian given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giga (brand)
is a Japanese adult game and visual novel brand used by TGL subsidiary Entergram. The Giga brand is used on both regular visual novels as well as games that feature mecha with action-oriented gameplay elements. One of its sub-brands, Baldrhead, has been used for several of these action-oriented visual novels. Aside from their visual novels, they are known for creating the ''Variable Geo'' fighting game series for PC9800, which was later ported to TurboGrafx-CD, PC, Super Famicom, Sega Saturn and PlayStation. Some of Giga's games have had consumer port releases onto consoles with the sexual content removed. For example, ''Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o'' was ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2007 and the PlayStation Portable in 2009. ''Baldr Force'' was ported to the Dreamcast The is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998, in Japan; September 9, 1999, in North America; and October 14, 1999, in Europe. It was the first sixth-generation video game console, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giga Pet
Giga Pets are digital pet toys that were first released by Tiger Electronics in the United States in 1997 in the midst of a virtual-pet toy fad. Available in a variety of different characters, each Giga Pet is a palm-sized unit with an LCD screen and attached key ring.Sullivan, B. (May 2, 1997)Giga pets gear up to knock beanie babies from their cuddly, non-computerized throne.Chicago Tribune. To ensure a happy, healthy pet, its owner has to take care of it similar to how one might care for a real animal, including feeding, cleaning, and playing with their Giga Pet. Operation Giga Pets are "born" on a tiny LCD screen after the owner pulls back a tab on the back. The pets come to life in different ways. For example, Baby T-Rex hatches from an egg. Compu Kitty is delivered by a stork. A beep sound and alert icon notify the owner that the pet requires attention. To determine what the Giga Pet needs, owners must scroll through various activities and push a button to select one. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GIGA Television
GIGA was the brand name of a digital TV channel (also known as GIGA Digital or GIGA TV) and several German television shows. The channel ceased operations in 2009. History Early days The first GIGA show was broadcast on 30 November 1998. The show NBC GIGA was first shown on the television channel NBC Europe. The show ran for five hours, from 3 pm until 8 pm. Broadcasts on own channel In March 2005 the show was renamed from NBC GIGA to GIGA Green, airing on its own digital channel starting in September. Also in September 2005 the original show was renamed a second time, now to the simple name GIGA, which caused some confusion because the television channel on which it was broadcast was also named GIGA. The show had been shortened from five hours to three hours, Monday through Friday, and was now being broadcast on the television channel GIGA as well as on the television channel Das Vierte ("The Fourth"). Then in March 2006, the show GIGA – the original NBC GIGA – was cance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Institute For Global And Area Studies
The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) is a German research institute. It analyses political, economic and social developments in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, and combines this analysis with comparative research on international relations, development and globalisation, violence and security, and political systems. The GIGA advises the Federal Foreign Office and other branches of the federal government. The institute is based in Hamburg and has an office in Berlin. The GIGA is a member of the Leibniz Association. Research The GIGA is an international research institute committed to Global Approach to Scholarshipand conducts research in the field of area studies, comparative area studies, and on global developments. The researches study the four global regions of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and simultaneously work within the four research programmes on the following issues: Accountability and Participation, Peace and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giga (United Nations)
Giga is a joint programme of work of two United Nations agencies, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with the goal of connecting all of the world's schools to the internet. The programme was launched in 2019 and has three categories of activity: ''mapping'', to identify the schools in an area, ''financing'', to provide financial resources to the schools, and ''connecting'', to help establish connectivity. In February 2022, the Secretary-General of the United Nations called on the United Nations General Assembly to recognize "access to the internet as a basic human right, and for steps to achieve this for everyone everywhere by 2030, including through the Giga initiative ...". Active countries As of February 2022, the following status information was reported by the Giga initiative: * Central Asia ** Kazakhstan: 7,410 schools mapped, RfPs issued for feasibility study and connecting about 60 sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isuzu Giga
The Isuzu Giga ( ja, いすゞ・ギガ) is a line of heavy-duty commercial vehicles produced by Isuzu since 1994. Outside Japan it is known as Isuzu C/E series. It was formally known as the Isuzu Heavy-Duty Truck'. Between 1994 and 2016, it was also sold in South America (under the Chevrolet brand as Chevrolet C/E series). First generation (1994–2015 for Japan, 1995–2022 for export) * Introduced in November 1994 as the successor to the 810 series. The model of the motorcycle is KC-C ## series, and the tractor that will appear next year is KC-EX # series. A number representing the model is entered at the end of the model number. (Example: KC-CXZ81K1). This number means that it is type 1, and depending on the model such as dump truck, the alphabet is added after the number. For the first time in this model, a GVW 22t & 25t car has appeared. There are two types of cabs, a highway cab for cargo and an off-road cab for dump trucks. The highway cab has headlights on the bumper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Vuković
Ivan Vuković (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Иван Вуковић, born 9 February 1987) is a retired Montenegrin football forward who was last played for FK Iskra Danilovgrad. He is best known for his abilities as a striker but can also play as a supporting striker. Club career Vuković began his professional career at Montenegrin side FK Zeta signing for the club in 2003. During his second season at the club, Zeta had possibly the best season in their history. Zeta finished the 2004–05 season in third place in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro, just behind Belgrade powerhouses FK Partizan and Red Star Belgrade with Ivan leading the attack all season. Budućnost In 2006, Vuković moved to FK Budućnost Podgorica. Here he spent five season leading the club to four second places and one first place in the Montenegrin First Division. He scored 57 goals in 103 official appearances for the club. His last two seasons at the club (the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons) were part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
