megabyte

/ˌmɛgəˈbaɪt/
/ˈmɛgəbaɪt/
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Definitions of megabyte
  1. noun
    a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes
    synonyms: M, MB
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    type of:
    computer memory unit
    a unit for measuring computer memory
  2. noun
    a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
    synonyms: M, MB, MiB, mebibyte
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    type of:
    computer memory unit
    a unit for measuring computer memory
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