megabit

From mega- +‎ bit.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡəbɪt/

megabit (plural megabits)

1. (computing) 10⁶ = 1,000,000 bits or 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes)
   • 1965, IBM, Field Engineering Theory of Operation 2311 Disk Storage Drive, page 3-27

     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.

   Synonym: Mb

2. (computing) 2²⁰ = 1,048,576 bits; a mebibit

   Synonym: Mib

• bit, kilobit, gigabit, terabit, petabit, exabit

• megabyte (MB)

• Mbps

From mega- +‎ bit.

megabit m (invariable)

1. (computing) megabit

Borrowed from English megabit.

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɡaˈbit͡ʃ(i)/, /ˌmɛɡaˈbit(i)/

megabit m (^{please add plural})

1. (computing) megabit (one million bits)

• Abbreviations: Mbit, Mb

• Multiples of the bit: kilobit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, petabit, exabit, zettabit, yottabit

• IPA^(key): /meɡaˈbid/, [meɣaˈβið]

megabit m (plural megabits)

1. megabit