megabyte
(redirected from Mega byte)Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Medical.
megabyte
[′meg·ə‚bīt] (computer science)
A unit of information content equal to 1,048,576 (1024 × 1024) bytes. Abbreviated Mbyte. Symbolized M.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
megabyte
(unit)(MB, colloquially "meg") 2^20 = 1,048,576 bytes =
1024 kilobytes. 1024 megabytes are one gigabyte.
The text of a six hundred page paperback book would require about a megabyte of ASCII storage.
See prefix.
The text of a six hundred page paperback book would require about a megabyte of ASCII storage.
See prefix.
This article is provided by FOLDOC - Free Online Dictionary of Computing (foldoc.org)
megabyte
One million bytes, or more precisely 1,048,576 bytes. Also MB, Mbyte and M-byte. See mega, space/time and never say.Copyright © 1981-2019 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.