Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Computer Science One million bits.
- n. Computer Science 1,048,576 (220) bits.
Wiktionary
- n. computing 106 = 1,000,000 bits or approximately 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes)
- n. computing 220 = 1,048,576 bits
WordNet 3.0
- n. a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits
Etymologies
- mega- + bit (Wiktionary)
Examples
“WilletteEchidna: Unfortunately bits can still leave you with a base-10 representation, such as "megabit" or "kilobit.”
Snow Leopard Reports Hard Drive Capacity Correctly (In Base 10) | Lifehacker Australia
“Terms such as megabit and gigabit are used by the IP community as though they are part of the common vernacular, but they are not.”
“JMA: These people have been marketing “X megabit” for way too long.”
“These people have been marketing “X megabit” for way too long.”
“He added that consumers could still use the product, with lower image quality, at speeds of less than one megabit per second.”
The Wall Street Journal: Cisco, Logitech Introduce Gear for Videocalls via TV
“It requires a wireless network with at least 1 megabit per second of download speed, and works best with at least 1.5 to 2.0 megabits.”
The Wall Street Journal: Working In Word, Excel, PowerPoint on an iPad
“ADN if you want to download no reason why a 99$ account should not get you 50 megabit unlimited, give 9 a month to hollywood and the riaa and tell them to bugger off. make it a law and make the only way they get an increase is by national referendum, WHAT HOLLYWOOD FEAR DEMOCRACY?”
“A customer who has signed up for an up to 8 megabit per second package can have their speed cut to below 1Mbps.”
“Virgin Media trials 200 megabit-per-second broadband service with English residents — What will they do with that speed?”
“Anyone who wants to keep the current 5 megabit upper limit will pay a premium.”
Congressman: Metered Broadband Kills Jobs & May Violate 1st Amendment
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