ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Megabit

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈmɛɡəbɪt/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Megabit is a noun meaning (computing) One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bits or 1,000 kilobits. Equals 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes).

Meaning

(computing) One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bits or 1,000 kilobits. Equals 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes).

More Meanings

  1. (computing) a mebibit.
  2. (computing, informal) one megabit per second

Example Sentences

When reading clock pulses only, the signal frequency is 625 kHz. The bit rate, however, is twice the signal frequency, or 1.25 megabits/sec.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dram, drams, megabyte, mebibit, mebibyte, megabaud.

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