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Gigahertz is a unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI). It is equivalent to one billion hertz (10^9 Hz). A hertz is defined as one cycle per second. Therefore, one gigahertz represents one billion cycles occurring every second. This unit is commonly used to measure the frequency of electromagnetic waves, such as radio waves and microwaves, as well as the clock speed of computer processors and the bandwidth of communication systems. For instance, a Wi-Fi router might operate at frequencies like 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz, indicating that its signals oscillate billions of times per second. Similarly, a CPU's clock speed is often expressed in gigahertz, signifying the number of cycles its internal clock performs each second to execute instructions. The term is derived from the prefix "giga," meaning one billion, and "hertz," named after German physicist Heinrich Hertz. Higher gigahertz values generally indicate faster data transfer rates or more processing power, depending on the context of its application.