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Definition of Megabit

1. Noun. A unit of information equal to 1000 kilobits or 10^6 (1,000,000) bits.

Definition of Megabit

1. Noun. (computing) 10⁶ = 1,000,000 bits or approximately 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes) ¹

2. Noun. (computing) 2²⁰ = 1,048,576 bits ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Megabit

1. a unit of computer information [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Megabit

Literary usage of Megabit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"cage where UUNet and PSINet meet—voila, instant eleven- megabit city-wide freenet!" "Where do you get the money for that?" "Who said anything about money? ..."

2. 21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise Strategy by Roger N. Nagel, Iacocca Institute of Lehigh University, Rick Dove (1991)
"Incredibly, this rate of improvement was sustained for over twenty-five years, right through the introduction in 1996 of megabit DRAMS and the ..."

3. Making Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing (1993)
"Photolithographic steppers, used to etch today's 1 -megabit chips, can go up as far as 16-megabits, but the chips of the late 1990s and the early 21 st ..."

4. Governments & Corporations in a Shrinking World: Trade & Innovation Policies by Sylvia Ostry (1990)
"... not only 256K and one-megabit DRAMs but also the next generation of four- and sixteen-megabit chips—presumably in anticipation of dumping. ..."

5. U. S. Spectrum Management Policy: Agenda for the Future (1994)
"TABLE 1 shows how digital voice, data, audio, and video services span from the kilobit range through the megabit range and even approaching the gigabit ..."

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