megabyte.
One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bytes or 1,000 kilobytes.
Meaning & usage
One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bytes or 1,000 kilobytes.
A mebibyte.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-West Germanic *bītan Old English bītan Middle English biten English bite English byte English megabyte From mega- + byte.
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