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megabyte
/ˈmɛɡəˌbaɪt/
noun 2
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3ADJ.
cheapest
VERB + MEGABYTE
offering
PREP.
per
Definitions
noun
1
One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bytes or 1,000 kilobytes.
The IBM 2301 Drum Storage (Figure 20) provides random access storage of approximately 4 million bytes at a data rate of 1.2 megabytes per second.
This 70-megabyte [69,889,536 bytes] data module contains fixed heads in addition to the normal access heads.
2
A mebibyte.
One megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes. One megahertz, however is a million Hertz.
Defaults to 2 megabytes (2,097,152 bytes).
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The IBM 2301 Drum Storage (Figure 20) provides random access storage of approximately 4 million bytes at a data rate of 1.2 megabytes per second.
Wiktionary02
This 70-megabyte [69,889,536 bytes] data module contains fixed heads in addition to the normal access heads.
Wiktionary03
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in Redmond, Washington, is currently offering $1 per megabyte as its cheapest rate for General Packet Radio Service wireless service, which can provide 20K to 40K bit/sec.
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