megabit

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/ˈmɛɡəbɪt/

noun

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

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MbpsMbitMb
OriginEnglish bit ← Middle English digit ← Latin digitus →
UncommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

nounmegabit (plural megabits)

plural megabits

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

    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.

    1965, Field Engineering Theory of Operation 2311 Disk Storage Drive, IBM, pages 3–27
  2. computinga mebibit.
  3. informalcomputingone megabit per second

    Synonyms: Mbps

Synonyms & antonyms

nounone megabit per second

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Mbps
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Mbit

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
MbitMb
Broader
computer memory unit
Also see
mb

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  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. Englishmegabit

From mega- + bit.

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Translations

Czech megabit
  • megabit1,000,000 bits
Esperanto megabito
  • megabito1,000,000 bits
Finnish megabitti
  • megabitti1,000,000 bits
French mégabit
  • mégabit1,000,000 bits
Hungarian megabit
  • megabit1,000,000 bits
Italian megabit
  • megabit1,000,000 bits
Japanese メガビット
  • メガビット (megabitto)1,000,000 bits
Korean 메가비트
  • 메가비트 (megabiteu)1,000,000 bits
Portuguese megabit
  • megabit1,000,000 bits
Romanian megabit
  • megabit1,000,000 bits
Russian мегаби́т
  • мегаби́т (megabít)1,000,000 bits
Spanish megabit
  • megabit1,000,000 bits
Thai เมกะบิต
  • เมกะบิต1,000,000 bits
Cite this entry
APA

megabit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megabit

MLA

“megabit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megabit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “megabit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/megabit.

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