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   Gain
     The relative amplification of signals such as current, power or voltage; gains are measured as a factor or in decibels.

   Game port

 

   This is an input/output connector used to plug a joy stick or similar game gizmo to a computer system; the connector is usually a 15 pin socket, which is then plugged to a computer.

   Geek
     A person that prefers to spend more time with machines (computers, internet, etc.) than with actual people; a computer expert; a techie.

Ghost
    It is a undesired effects in broadcasted received images; it is a blurry, shadowy picture viewed onscreen and looks as a watermark on top of the regular image; this happens when the signals are received a split of a second apart from each other instead of all together. When the image is collected all together, is called a positive-image, while when getting ghost-pictures, the image is called a negative-image.

   Giga
     One billion (1,000 million); in data it means, 1,024 × 1,048,576. See also gigabyte.

   Gigabyte (GB)
 Often mentioned to be a billion bytes, the gigabyte is exactly 1,048,576 bytes (1,000 × 1,048,576 bytes); acronym GB.