MEGABIT

megabit, Mbit, Mb

(noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

megabit (plural megabits)

(computing) 106 = 1,000,000 bits or 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes)

Synonym: Mb

(computing) 220 = 1,048,576 bits; a mebibit

Synonym: Mib

(computing, informal) one megabit per second

Synonym: Mbps

Coordinate terms

• bit, kilobit, gigabit, terabit, petabit, exabit

Source: Wiktionary



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