Etymology

megabit

M3E1G2A1B3I1T1

Today it means: One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bits or 1,000 kilobits. Equals 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes). Full definition →

English bit ← Middle English digit ← Latin digitus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mégas
  3. Ancient Greekμέγᾰς (mégăs)
  4. Englishmega-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  8. Proto-Italic*dwis
  9. Proto-Italic*dwiznos
  10. Latinbīnus
  11. Late Latinbīnāriu
  12. Middle Englishbinarie
  13. Englishbinary
  14. Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-der.?
  15. Latindigitus
  16. Middle Englishdigit
  17. Englishdigit
  18. Englishbinary digitabbr.
  19. Englishbitinflu.
  20. Englishbit
  21. English todaymegabit

From mega- + bit.

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