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A measure of computer memory: 1,000 kilobytes (or a million bytes).
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A million bytes, abbreviated as MB, Mb and sometimes Mbyte. Technically and more precisely, it refers to 1,048,576 bytes. A megabyte is the standard unit of measurement for a computer's memory.
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1,024 Kilobytes, written MB, is used to refer to the size of files or media, such as hard drives. The number refers to the amount of information or image data in a file or how much information can be [..]
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1972, from mega- + byte. The Sussex team has run the Forrester/Meadows models more than 1000 times on the UK's most powerful computer (the giant two-megabyte IBM 370/165 at Harwell). ["New S [..]
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a measurement unit of digital information, with two different values. • metric value = 1,000,000 bytes (106), binary value = 1,048,576 bytes (220). • the value varies depending on the context it' [..]
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Equal to 1,048,576 bytes, usually rounded off to one million bytes (also called a meg).
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1,024 x 1,024 (2 to the 20th power) bytes; it's usually sufficient to think of a megabytes as one million bytes. 
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Megabyte is the term used to describe a unit of data. Most Internet access plans operate on an allowance of data being downloaded and/or uploaded. This allowance is usually measured in MB or GB (Gigab [..]
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A Megabyte (mb) is a measurement of data storage equal to 1,024 kilobytes (kb) or roughly 1,000,000 bytes. Often referred to as a meg or megs.
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  A million bytes. More exactly 1024 kilobytes
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Copyright by Matisse "Megabyte" Enzer -->Technically speaking, a million bytes. In many cases the term means 1024 kilobytes, which is a more than an even million. See also: Byte, Kilobyte
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1024 kilobytes.
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Approximately one million bytes. Precisely 1024 K Bytes, 220 bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes. See: kilobyte.
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Also known as MB Definition A MegaByte is a unit of measurement for both data storage and data transfer. For storage it equates to 1024 kilobytes. For data transfer it equates to 1000 kilobytes.
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One million bytes, or 1,000 kilobytes.
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WebGuest Dictionary About one million bytes . Exactly 1,048,576 bytes (2^20), or 1,024 Kb.
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a unit of measure for computer memory or storage. One megabyte equals 1,048,576 bytes or characters.
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is about a million bytes.
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A measure of computer processor storage and real and virtual memory. A megabyte (Mb) is 2 to the 20th power bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes in decimal notation.
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(1) When used to describe data storage, 1,048,576 (2 to the 20th power) bytes. Megabyte is frequently abbreviated as M or MB. (2) When used to describe data transfer rates, as in MBps, it refers to on [..]
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A million bytes. Often abbreviated to MB.
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See: byte.
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A measurement of storage capacity equal to approximately 1 million bytes (1,048,576 bytes). A typical IBM compatible floppy disk holds about 1.44 MB of data. A typical CD-ROM holds over 600 MB of data. A 1 MB file takes about 10 minutes to download at 28,800bps. Don't know your KB from your MB? Try our memory and storage converter. (Also see p [..]
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an amount of computer memory equal to 1,048,576 bytes = 1,024 kilobytes. One megabyte can store more than one million characters
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MegaByte. A unit of data storage size which represents 10^6 (one million) characters of information.
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A million bytes or a thousand (technically 2^10 or 1024) kilobytes. See Also: Bit, Byte, Gigabyte, Kilobyte, Terabyte
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Usually abbreviated to MB. 1,024 kilobytes or 1,048,576 bytes. A unit of measurement of computer memory or disc capacity. Roughly 180,000 words of text - an average-sized novel. See entry on Measureme [..]
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1,000 Kilobytes. 1,024 to be precise. Computers use Base 16.
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one million bytes. Usually describes either a quantity of digital data (documents) or of storage (such as memory or a hard drive). It is commonly abbreviated as Mbyte or MB.
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A megabyte equates to approximately 1 million bytes (equivalent to 1 million characters of written information).
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A megabyte is roughly a million bytes of data.
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1,048,576 or 220
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Data files are often measured in megabytes (MB). So, a file might be 16 megabytes.
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Technically speaking, a million bytes. In many cases the term means 1024 kilobytes, which is a more than an even million.
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Technically speaking, megabyte is a million bytes. In many cases the term means that 1024 kilobytes, which is a more than an even million bytes
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(1) When used to describe data storage, 1,048,576 (2 to the 20th power) bytes. Megabyte is a frequently abbreviated as M or MB. (2) When used to describe data transfer rates, as in Mbps, it refers to one million bytes.
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Measurement of data -- a million bytes or a thousand kilobytes. Most commonly used to measure the working memory area of your computer, e.g., 16 megabytes used to be considered plenty, but now 32, 64 [..]
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A megabyte is 2^20 = 1024 * 1024 = 1,048,576 bytes. Unfortunately hard disk makers usually short change you by 5%. Their megabytes typically have only 1,000,000 bytes them. The floppy disk makers chea [..]
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(Mb) 1 Megabyte =1024 Kilobytes.
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Often illustrated as 'MB', a megabyte represents 1024 kilobytes.
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A measure of information used to quantify memory or storage capacity.
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A measure of computer memory or storage, a Megabyte is made up of 1024 kilobytes.
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One million bytes or 1024 kilobytes.
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A measurement of computer storage that equals 1,048,576 bytes. Bytes are typically represented in computer terminology by an upper case “B.” Colloquially referred to as a “meg.”
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  A Megabyte is 1,024 Kilobytes.
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a million bytes; a thousand kilobytes. See also: byte, bit, kilobyte, gigabyte
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The smallest unit of data is a bit. A megabyte is equivalent to 8 bits. Bits are used to express the speed at which data is transmitted while bytes express the amount of data used. Megabytes are often used to measure file size. A megabyte (MB) must not be confused with a megabit (Mb). A megabit is 1/8 as big as a megabyte, meaning that to download [..]
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(n) a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes(n) a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes
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A measure of storage space. 1 Mb roughly translates to a million characters of text, or 180,000 words.
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1,024 kilobytes, or 2^20 bytes. Abbreviated M, MB, or mB. See bit, byte.
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1,048,576 bytes or 1,024 kilobytes. Used to measure computer memory. Sometimes used to mean 1 million bytes or 1,024,000 bytes (1,000 kilobytes). Also see Gigabyte. Microwave
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In computers: a unit of information equal to approximately one million bytes.
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 A million bytes.  
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A unit of computer memory that's equivalent to 1024 Kilobytes. Not to be confused with Megabit (Mb - note the lower case 'b'), which is one thousand times smaller.
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1,048,576 million bytes of computer memory. MHz (Megahertz):
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Megabyte (MB) is a data storage value. A megabyte consists of 1000 kilobytes, and each kilobyte consists of 1000 bytes. A byte is a digital (0 or 1) value that constitutes a specific form of information.
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A Megabyte (mb) is a measurement of data storage equal to 1,024 kilobytes (kb) or roughly 1,000,000 bytes. Often referred to as a meg or megs.
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One million bytes. SI Symbol: MB; 1,048,576 bytes; a mebibyte. Frequently abbreviated MB
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Megabyte (MB) is a data measurement unit applied to digital computer or media storage. One MB equals one million (106 or 1,000,000) bytes. The International System of Units (SI) defines the mega prefi [..]
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MB A Megabyte (MB) is 1,000,000 bytes (strictly 220 = 1,048,576 bytes) A Kilobyte is 1,000 bytes (strictly 210 = 1,024 bytes) A Gigabyte (GB) is 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million) bytes (strictly 230 = 1,073,741,824 bytes). See Byte.
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A unit of data consisting of 1024 kilobytes. Megabyte is abbreviated as MB.
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A megabyte is a measure of computer data storage capacity and is roughly a million (1,000,000) bytes (1,048,576 actual bytes).
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(MB) A unit of digital information often used to describe data or data storage size, equates to approximately 1,000 Kilobytes
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A million bytes of data is a megabyte, or simply a meg.
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1,024 kilobytes of digital data.
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One million (106) bytes. * '''1964''', IBM, ''[http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/ibm/360/systemSummary/A22-6810-0_360sysSummary64.pdf System/360 System Summary]'', page 27 [..]
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megabyte (about a million bytes)
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The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. Its recommended unit symbol is MB. The unit prefix mega is a multiplier of 1000000 (106) in the International System of Units (SI). [..]
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