MEGABYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does megabyte mean? 

• MEGABYTE (noun)
  The noun MEGABYTE has 2 senses:

1. a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes

2. a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes

  Familiarity information: MEGABYTE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGABYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

M; MB; megabyte

Hypernyms ("megabyte" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "megabyte"):

K; kB; kilobyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes)

Holonyms ("megabyte" is a part of...):

G; GB; gigabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

M; MB; mebibyte; megabyte; MiB

Hypernyms ("megabyte" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "megabyte"):

K; kB; KiB; kibibyte; kilobyte (a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes)

Holonyms ("megabyte" is a part of...):

G; GB; GiB; gibibyte; gigabyte (a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes)