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megabytes

megabytes is the plural of megabyte.

Meaning of megabyte

Noun

megabyte (plural megabytes)

  1. (formal) One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bytes or 1,000 kilobytes.
    • The IBM 2301 Drum Storage (Figure 20) provides random access storage of approximately 4 million bytes at a data rate of 1.2 megabytes per second.1964, System/360 System Summary, IBM, page 27
  2. (informal) A mebibyte.
    • One megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes. One megahertz, however is a million Hertz.2003, Michael Meyers, Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, page 933

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Questions about megabytes

What is megabytes the plural of?
Megabytes is the plural of megabyte.

Words near megabytes in the dictionary

  1. megabuilding
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  3. megabusiness
  4. megabusinesses
  5. megabyte
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  7. megacaldera
  8. megacalorie
  9. megacalories
  10. megacalycosis
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