megabit

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɛɡəbɪt/

Noun

megabit (plural megabits)

1. (computing) 10⁶ = 1,000,000 bits or 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes)
   • 1965, IBM, Field Engineering Theory of Operation 2311 Disk Storage Drive ↗, page 3-27

     When reading clock pulses only, the signal frequency is 625 kHz. The bit rate, however, is twice the signal frequency, or 1.25 megabits/sec.

   Synonyms: Mb
2. (computing) 2²⁰ = 1,048,576 bits; a mebibit

   Synonyms: Mib

3. (computing, informal) one megabit per second

   Synonyms: Mbps

Related terms

• megabyte (MB)

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