Orders of magnitude of data. The gigabyte (/ËÉ¡ÉªÉ¡ÉbaÉªt/ GIG-É-byt or /ËdÊÉªÉ¡ÉbaÉªt/) is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. The prefix giga means 109 in the International System of Units (SI), therefore one gigabyte is 1000000000bytes. The unit symbol for the gigabyte is GB.
INTRODUCTION. Early in 2015, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of a decision in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit had upheld the laws in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee that define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Definition: The Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, is legislation that was signed into law by President Clinton in 1996 and declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2013.The Supreme Court ruling means the federal government will recognize same-sex marriage.hat's what Bill Clinton is doing with the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman -- and which the high court will rule on this year in a landmark moment for the gay marriage movement.. Source: David Jackson.