megabyten.

Brit.

/ˈmɛɡəbʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmɛɡəˌbaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mega- comb. form, byte n.

Etymology: < mega- comb. form + byte n., after megabit n.

Computing.

One million (formally: 1,048,576, or 2²⁰) bytes, as a unit of data size or memory capacity. Cf. megabit n.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > data > [noun] > unit of

bit1948

megabit1957

byte1964

MB1965

megabyte1965

packet1966

nibble1967

Mbit1968

Mbyte1972

MSB1972

meg1983

1965 Science 30 Apr. 574/3 (advt.) The IBM 2301 Drum Storage provides direct access to approximately 4 million bytes at a data rate of 1.2 megabytes per second.

1973 Physics Bull. Oct. 626/1 It has a 64 kilobyte store with 4·8 megabytes of exchangeable disc storage.

1985 Pract. Computing Sept. 43/1 Unless your machine has hard discs and megabytes of memory you are only going to get Mickey Mouse translation programs.

1993 SunExpert Jan. 44/1 It now costs more to administer a megabyte of network data than to purchase the same amount of disk space.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	megabyte
释义	megabyten. Brit. /ˈmɛɡəbʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɛɡəˌbaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mega- comb. form, byte n. Etymology: < mega- comb. form + byte n., after megabit n. Computing. One million (formally: 1,048,576, or 2²⁰) bytes, as a unit of data size or memory capacity. Cf. megabit n. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > [noun] > unit of bit1948 megabit1957 byte1964 MB1965 megabyte1965 packet1966 nibble1967 Mbit1968 Mbyte1972 MSB1972 meg1983 1965 Science 30 Apr. 574/3 (advt.) The IBM 2301 Drum Storage provides direct access to approximately 4 million bytes at a data rate of 1.2 megabytes per second. 1973 Physics Bull. Oct. 626/1 It has a 64 kilobyte store with 4·8 megabytes of exchangeable disc storage. 1985 Pract. Computing Sept. 43/1 Unless your machine has hard discs and megabytes of memory you are only going to get Mickey Mouse translation programs. 1993 SunExpert Jan. 44/1 It now costs more to administer a megabyte of network data than to purchase the same amount of disk space. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1965
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