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a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
(plural only) the body parts or organs of a game character after being blown apart
What does "gibs" mean in gaming slang?
It is used only in plural form as "gibs" to refer to the body parts or organs of a game character after being blown apart by an explosive or high damage weapon, often depicted as chunks of meat, bones, or blood spattering across the environment. Players typically celebrate getting gibs when they land a messy, overkill kill that visually destroys the enemy beyond simple death animations. The term originated in early 1990s first person shooters like "Doom" and "Quake," where "giblets" was shortened to "gibs" as informal jargon among developers and players for the gory remains of a dismembered foe.
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