"megabyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛɡəˌbaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-megabyte.wav Forms: megabytes [plural]
Etymology: From mega- + byte. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mega-|byte}} mega- + byte Head templates: {{en-noun}} megabyte (plural megabytes)
  1. (computing, formal) One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bytes or 1,000 kilobytes. Tags: formal Categories (topical): Computing Translations (about a million bytes): مِيغَابَايْت (miḡabayt) [masculine] (Arabic), মেগাবাইট (megabaiṭ) (Bengali), 兆字節 [formal] (Chinese Mandarin), 兆字节 (zhàozìjié) (Chinese Mandarin), MG (note: pronounced like English) [abbreviation, common] (Chinese Mandarin), megabyte [masculine] (Czech), megabajt [masculine] (Czech), megabitoko (Esperanto), megabajto (Esperanto), megatavu (Finnish), mégaoctet [masculine] (French), mégabyte [masculine] (French), მეგაბაიტი (megabaiṭi) (Georgian), Megabyte [neuter] (German), μεγκαμπάιτ (megkampáit) [neuter] (Greek), μεγαδυφιοσυλλαβή (megadyfiosyllaví) [neuter] (Greek), מגה-בית (Hebrew), megabyte (Hungarian), megabæti (Icelandic), メガバイト (megabaito) (Japanese), 메가바이트 (megabaiteu) (Korean), мегабајт (megabajt) [masculine] (Macedonian), tááłtsohʼííłké (Navajo), megabajt [masculine] (Polish), megabyte [masculine] (Portuguese), megabyte [masculine] (Romanian), megaoctet [masculine] (Romanian), мегаба́йт (megabájt) [masculine] (Russian), ме̏габајт [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mȅgabajt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), megabyte (Spanish), เมกะไบต์ (Thai), megabayt (Turkish), мегаба́йт (mehabájt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), مېگابايت (mëgabayt) (Uyghur), מעגאַבײַט (megabayt) (Yiddish)
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  2. (computing, informal) a mebibyte. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Coordinate_terms (Next): gigabyte
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Synonyms: MB, ㎆ Related terms: mebibit, mebibyte, megabit Coordinate_terms (Previous): kilobyte
Disambiguation of 'Previous': 46 54

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      "word": "メガバイト"
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      "word": "메가바이트"
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      "sense": "about a million bytes",
      "word": "tááłtsohʼííłké"
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      "sense": "about a million bytes",
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      "word": "เมกะไบต์"
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      "code": "yi",
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      "word": "מעגאַבײַט"
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