G

G is the 7th letter in the English alphabet (or Latin alphabet).

The Latin alphabet
	Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd
Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj
Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp
Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv
	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz

History

The letter G was created in the third century BC by Spurius Carvilius Ruga. At the time, the letter C sounded like the "c" in "cat" and the "g" in "girl". To make the difference more clear, Ruga created the letter G.

Meanings for G

• In movies, G is a rating given by the Motion Picture Association of America, meaning the movie is good to be viewed by all people ("general" audiences).
• In music, G is a note, sometimes referred to as “Sol” or “So” it
• In common speech, G is a slang word for 'gangsta' or 'gangster'.
• In the SI, g is the symbol for the gram.
• G is a unit of gravitational acceleration.
• Alternative case form of G grand: means thousand.
• Letter G stands for GPRS (General Packet Radio Service). It indicates the slowest speed of Internet data transfer in your mobile phone. When you see G near your signal strength indicator, it is certain that your net connection is working at the slowest speed. 2G, 3G and 4G indicates different speed of internet.
• In particle physics, lowercase G stands for the gluon.
• In particle physics, the uppercase G stands for the not yet discovered Graviton. There are two sounds of the letter G, hard and soft. If you have an L after it, you have glad. You have grandmother if R is after it, too. Some words start with a silent G before N, such as gnat and gnome. The silent G coming before N can also come at the end of other words, such as in the word sign.

Other websites

The dictionary definition of g at Wiktionary
Media related to G at Wikimedia Commons