Megabyte — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 (1,000,000) bytes

a unit of information equal to 1024 kibibytes or 2^20 (1,048,576) bytes

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɛɡəbˌaɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈɛɡəbˌaɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈɛɡəbˌaɪt/

3 syllables Say it as /mˈɛɡəbˌaɪt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

MiB mebibyte M MB

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

mégaoctet

une unité d'information égale à 1 000 kilo-octets ou 10 ^ 6 (1 000 000) octets

🇷🇺Russian

мегабайт

единица информации, равная 1000 килобайт или 10^6 (1 000 000) байт

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मेगाबाइट

1000 किलोबाइट या 10^6 (1,000,000) बाइट्स के बराबर जानकारी की एक इकाई

🇧🇩Bengali

মেগাবাইট

1000 কিলোবাইট বা 10^6 (1,000,000) বাইটের সমান তথ্যের একক

🇮🇳Tamil

மெகாபைட்

1000 கிலோபைட்டுகள் அல்லது 10^6 (1,000,000) பைட்டுகளுக்கு சமமான தகவல் அலகு

🇮🇳Telugu

మెగాబైట్

1000 కిలోబైట్‌లు లేదా 10^6 (1,000,000) బైట్‌లకు సమానమైన సమాచార యూనిట్

🇮🇳Marathi

मेगाबाइट

1000 किलोबाइट्स किंवा 10^6 (1,000,000) बाइट्सच्या समान माहितीचे एकक

🇮🇳Gujarati

મેગાબાઈટ

1000 કિલોબાઈટ અથવા 10^6 (1,000,000) બાઈટ જેટલી માહિતીનું એકમ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೆಗಾಬೈಟ್

1000 ಕಿಲೋಬೈಟ್‌ಗಳು ಅಥವಾ 10^6 (1,000,000) ಬೈಟ್‌ಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಮನಾದ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯ ಘಟಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മെഗാബൈറ്റ്

1000 കിലോബൈറ്റുകൾ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ 10^6 (1,000,000) ബൈറ്റുകൾക്ക് തുല്യമായ വിവരങ്ങളുടെ ഒരു യൂണിറ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੈਗਾਬਾਈਟ

1000 ਕਿਲੋਬਾਈਟ ਜਾਂ 10^6 (1,000,000) ਬਾਈਟ ਦੇ ਬਰਾਬਰ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਦੀ ਇਕਾਈ

🇵🇰Urdu

میگا بائٹ

معلومات کی اکائی 1000 کلو بائٹس یا 10^6 (1,000,000) بائٹس کے برابر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

兆字节

等于 1000 KB 或 10^6 (1,000,000) 字节的信息单位

🇯🇵Japanese

メガバイト

1000 キロバイトまたは 10^6 (1,000,000) バイトに等しい情報の単位

🇰🇷Korean

메가바이트

1000킬로바이트 또는 10^6(1,000,000)바이트에 해당하는 정보 단위

🇹🇭Thai

เมกะไบต์

หน่วยข้อมูลเท่ากับ 1,000 กิโลไบต์หรือ 10^6 (1,000,000) ไบต์

🇮🇩Indonesian

megabita

satuan informasi yang sama dengan 1000 kilobyte atau 10^6 (1.000.000) byte

🇲🇾Malay

megabait

unit maklumat bersamaan dengan 1000 kilobait atau 10^6 (1,000,000) bait

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ميغابايت

وحدة معلومات تساوي 1000 كيلو بايت أو 10^6 (1,000,000) بايت

🇮🇷Persian

مگابایت

یک واحد اطلاعات برابر با 1000 کیلوبایت یا 10^6 (1000000) بایت

🇹🇷Turkish

megabayt

1000 kilobayta veya 10^6 (1.000.000) bayta eşit bir bilgi birimi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מגה בייט

יחידת מידע השווה ל-1000 קילובייט או 10^6 (1,000,000) בתים

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