different between megabit vs kilobit

English

Etymology

From mega- +? bit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???b?t/

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

See also

• Mbps

Further reading

• megabit at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Etymology

mega- +? bit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m??ab?t]

Noun

megabit m

1. megabit (one million bits)

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From mega- +? bit.

Noun

megabit m (invariable)

1. (computing) megabit

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English megabit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??a?bit??(i)/, /?m??a?bit(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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me?a?bit/, [me.??a???it?]

Noun

megabit m (plural megabits)

1. megabit

English

Etymology

c. 1960, from kilo- (“thousand”) +? bit.

Noun

kilobit (plural kilobits)

1. (computing) 1000 bits (binary digits)
2. (computing, rare) 1024 (2¹⁰) bits

Synonyms

• (abbreviation): kb (1000 or 1024 bits)
• (abbreviation): kib (1024 bits)
• (1024 bits): kibibit

Coordinate terms

• bit, megabit, gigabit, terabit, exabit, petabit

Related terms

• kilobyte

Translations

See also

• kbps

Further reading

• kilobit at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Etymology

kilo- +? bit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?lob?t]

Noun

kilobit m

1. kilobit

Further reading

• kilobit in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English kilobit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kilo?bit??(i)/, /?kilo?bit(i)/

Noun

kilobit m (plural kilobits)

1. (computing) kilobit (one thousand bits)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: Kbit, Kb

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

• kilobyte
• kibibit