megabit

See also: mégabit

English

Etymology

From mega- +‎ bit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɡəbɪt/

Noun

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

3. (computing, informal) one megabit per second

   Synonym: Mbps

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

• megabyte (MB)

Translations

1,000,000 bits

• Czech: megabit m
• Hungarian: megabit
• Thai: เมกะบิต

See also

• Mbps

Further reading

• megabit at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Etymology

From mega- +‎ bit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɡabɪt]

Noun

megabit m

1. megabit (one million bits)

Further reading

• megabit in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• megabit in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English megabit. By surface analysis, mega- +‎ bit.

Noun

megabit m (invariable)

1. (computing) megabit

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English megabit.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

megabit m (plural megabits)

1. (computing) megabit (one million bits)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: Mbit, Mb

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

• mebibit
• megabyte

 

Romanian

Etymology

From French mégabit.

Noun

megabit m (plural megabiți)

1. megabit

Declension

Declension of megabit

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) megabit	megabitul	(niște) megabiți	megabiții
genitive/dative	(unui) megabit	megabitului	(unor) megabiți	megabiților
vocative	megabitule		megabiților

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɡaˈbit/ [me.ɣ̞aˈβ̞it̪]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: me‧ga‧bit

Noun

megabit m (plural megabits)

1. megabit