"megabit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛɡəbɪt/ Forms: megabits [plural]
Etymology: From mega- + bit. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mega-|bit}} mega- + bit Head templates: {{en-noun}} megabit (plural megabits)
  1. (computing) One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bits or 1,000 kilobits. Equals 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes). Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms (Previous): kilobit Translations (1,000,000 bits): megabit [masculine] (Czech), megabitti (Finnish), megabit (Hungarian), เมกะบิต (Thai)
    Sense id: en-megabit-en-noun-by2OtAow Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mega- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 32 15 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 40 40 21 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Previous': 45 32 23 Disambiguation of '1,000,000 bits': 85 11 4
  2. (computing) a mebibit. Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms (Next): gigabit
    Sense id: en-megabit-en-noun-31Epb9xk Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mega- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 40 40 21 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Next': 23 43 34
  3. (computing, informal) one megabit per second Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: Mbps
    Sense id: en-megabit-en-noun-PoqY4fBe Categories (other): English terms prefixed with mega- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 40 40 21 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Mbit Related terms: mebibyte, megabyte

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