different between megabyte vs gigabyte

English

Etymology

mega- +? byte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m????ba?t/

Noun

megabyte (plural megabytes)

1. One million (10⁶) bytes.
   • 1964, IBM, System/360 System Summary, page 27

     The IBM 2301 Drum Storage (Figure 20) provides random access storage of approximately 4 million bytes at a data rate of 1.2 megabytes per second.

   • 1973, IBM, Reference Manual for IBM 3340/3344 Disk Storage, page 3

     This 70-megabyte [69,889,536 bytes] data module contains fixed heads in addition to the normal access heads.

2. (computing) 1,048,576 bytes; a mebibyte.
   • 2003, Michael Meyers, Managing and Troubleshooting PCs, page 933

     One megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes. One megahertz, however is a million Hertz.

   • 2004, Kerry Cox & Christopher Gerg, Managing Security with Snort and IDS Tools, page 92

     Defaults to 2 megabytes (2,097,152 bytes).

   • 2006, Eriq Oliver Neale, Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Unleashed, page 290

     By default, each log file [...] is exactly 5 megabytes (5,242,880 bytes) in size.

Synonyms

• MB, ?

Related terms

• Previous: kilobyte
• Next: gigabyte
• Mb
• mebibyte
• megabit

Translations

References

• The IEC explanation of its definitions

Czech

Alternative forms

• megabajt

Etymology

mega- +? byte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m??abajt]

Noun

megabyte m

1. megabyte

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

mega- +? byte

Noun

megabyte m (invariable)

1. (computing) megabyte

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English megabyte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??a?bajt(?)(i)/

Noun

megabyte m (plural megabytes)

1. (computing) megabyte (one million bytes)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: MB, mega

Coordinate terms

• Multiples of the byte: kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte

Related terms

• megabit
• mebibyte

Spanish

Etymology

From English megabyte.

Noun

megabyte m (plural megabytes)

1. megabyte

English

Etymology

giga- +? byte

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?????ba?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?????ba?t/, /?d????ba?t/

Noun

gigabyte (plural gigabytes)

1. (SI) 10⁹, one billion (1,000,000,000) bytes. SI symbol: GB
   • 1981, IBM, IBM 3380 Direct Access Storage Description and User's Guide, page 1

     The IBM 3380 Direct Access Storage is a disk storage device with a storage capacity of 2.5 gigabytes (billion bytes) per unit, an increase of almost four times the capacity of the IBM 3350 Direct Access Storage.

2. (computing) a gibibyte or 1024³ (1,073,741,824) bytes.

Synonyms

• GB, ?
• gig

Coordinate terms

• Previous: megabyte
• Next: terabyte

Related terms

• gibibyte
• gigabit

Translations

References

• The IEC explanation of its definitions

Czech

Alternative forms

• gigabajt

Etymology

giga- +? byte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????abajt]

Noun

gigabyte m

1. gigabyte

Further reading

• byte in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Italian

Etymology

giga- +? byte

Noun

gigabyte m (invariable)

1. (computing) gigabyte

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English gigabyte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?a?bajt(?)(i)/

Noun

gigabyte m (plural gigabytes)

1. (computing) gigabyte (one billion bytes)

Synonyms

• Abbreviations: GB, giga

Coordinate terms

• Multiples of the byte: kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte

Related terms

• gigabit
• gibibyte

Spanish

Noun

gigabyte m (plural gigabytes)

1. gigabyte