megabyte
noun
2 20 (1,048,576) bytes.
megabytes
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pluralof megabyte.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Despite the megabytes of exposition in Jesse Wigutow’s screenplay, it largely consists of stitching together excuses for cool-looking chases and fights between the real people and the cyber creations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
You can no longer think about things in terms of kilobytes or megabytes per second, because the amount of information is context-dependent.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2025
As the megabytes expended proved, you can make a compelling case for all and absolutely no guarantees about what follows.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2023
With data pixels so small, this amounted to quadrillions of megabytes per square centimeter — a stupendous amount of information, but not an infinite amount.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
A Pentium with 8 megabytes of RAM and adding several gigabytes of hard drive, or a 486 with even more RAM and hard drive.
From Price/Cost Indexes from 1875 to 1989 by United States
