megabyte

(-bīt′)

noun

  1. a unit of storage capacity in a computer system, equal to 1,048,576 (2) bytes
  2. loosely one million bytes

Origin: mega- + byte

See megabyte in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun Abbr. MB
  1. A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,048,576 (220) bytes.
  2. One million bytes.

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