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1) As a measure of computer processor storage and real and virtual memory, a megabyte (abbreviated MB) is 2 to the 20th power bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes in decimal notation.

2) According to the IBM Dictionary of Computing, when used to describe disk storage capacity and transmission rates, a megabyte is 1,000,000 bytes in decimal notation.

According to the Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, a megabyte means either 1,000,000 bytes or 1,048,576 bytes.

According to Eric S. Raymond in The New Hacker's Dictionary, a megabyte is always 1,048,576 bytes on the argument that bytes should naturally be computed in powers of two.

Answered by ajay kumar , an ibibo Master, at 2:48 PM on May 11, 2008

well rocky it is As a measure of computer processor storage and real and virtual memory, a megabyte (abbreviated MB) is 2 to the 20th power bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes in decimal notation.

2) According to the IBM Dictionary of Computing, when used to describe disk storage capacity and transmission rates, a megabyte is 1,000,000 bytes in decimal notation.

Answered by laks , an ibibo Master, at 4:48 PM on May 10, 2008

One million bytes, or more precisely 1,048,576 bytes. Also MB, Mbyte and M-byte.

Answered by Nagendra , an ibibo Master, at 8:21 PM on May 09, 2008

megabyte (MB) is equivalent to approximately one million byte. common measure of data storage capacity.

Answered by Nishu's , an ibibo Master, at 7:05 PM on May 09, 2008

hi Rockey :-
A megabyte is a unit of information or computer storage equal to either 106 (1,000,000) bytes or 220 (1,048,576) bytes, depending on context. In rare cases, it is used to mean 1000×1024 (1,024,000) bytes. It is commonly abbreviated as Mbyte or MB (compare Mb, for the megabit). The term megabyte was coined in 1970.[1]

1) As a measure of computer processor storage and real and virtual memory, a megabyte (abbreviated MB) is 2 to the 20th power bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes in decimal notation.

2) According to the IBM Dictionary of Computing, when used to describe disk storage capacity and transmission rates, a megabyte is 1,000,000 bytes in decimal notation.

According to the Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, a megabyte means either 1,000,000 bytes or 1,048,576 bytes.

Answered by shepherd , an ibibo Master, at 6:51 PM on May 09, 2008

A megabyte is a unit of information or computer storage equal to either (1,000,000) bytes or (1,048,576) bytes, depending on context. In rare cases, it is used to mean 1000×1024 (1,024,000) bytes. It is commonly abbreviated as Mbyte or MB (compare Mb, for the megabit). The term megabyte was coined in 1970

The term "megabyte" is ambiguous because it is commonly used to mean either 1000 to the 2 power bytes or 1024 to the 2 power bytes

1,048,576 bytes --> This definition is most commonly used in reference to computer memory, but most software that display file size or drive capacity, including file managers also use this definition.

1,000,000 bytes --> This is the definition recommended by the International System of Units (SI) and the International Electrotechnical Commission IEC. This definition is used in networking contexts and most storage media, particularly hard drives, Flash-based storage, and DVDs, and is also consistent with the other uses of the SI prefix in computing, such as CPU clock speeds or measures of performance.

1,024,000 bytes --> This is used to describe the formatted capacity of USB flash drives and the "1.44 MB" 3.5 inch HD floppy disk, which actually has a 1,440 KiB capacity, that is, 1,440×1,024 bytes, or 1,474,560 bytes.

Answered by Om Prakash , an ibibo Master, at 6:15 PM on May 09, 2008

A megabyte is a unit of measure referring to space on a computer hard drive. A megabyte is 1024 kilobytes, and 1024 megabytes is one gigabyte.

Answered by Sharad Singh , an ibibo Master, at 6:05 PM on May 09, 2008

well;
1) As a measure of computer processor storage and real and virtual memory, a megabyte (abbreviated MB) is 2 to the 20th power bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes in decimal notation.

2) According to the IBM Dictionary of Computing, when used to describe disk storage capacity and transmission rates, a megabyte is 1,000,000 bytes in decimal notation.

According to the Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, a megabyte means either 1,000,000 bytes or 1,048,576 bytes.
According to Eric S. Raymond in The New Hacker's Dictionary, a megabyte is always 1,048,576 bytes on the argument that bytes should naturally be computed in powers of two.

Answered by kishore , an ibibo Master, at 6:02 PM on May 09, 2008

One million bytes, or more precisely 1,048,576 bytes. Also MB, Mbyte and M-byte.As a measure of computer processor storage and real and virtual memory, a megabyte (abbreviated MB) is 2 to the 20th power bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes in decimal notation.
According to the IBM Dictionary of Computing, when used to describe disk storage capacity and transmission rates, a megabyte is 1,000,000 bytes in decimal notation.
According to the Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, a megabyte means either 1,000,000 bytes or 1,048,576 bytes.
According to Eric S. Raymond in The New Hacker's Dictionary, a megabyte is always 1,048,576 bytes on the argument that bytes should naturally be computed in powers of two.

Answered by ayisha , an ibibo Master, at 5:44 PM on May 09, 2008

A megabyte is 2 to the 20th power, or 1,048,576 bytes.It can be estimated as 10 to the 6th power, or one million (1,000,000) bytes. A megabyte is 1,024 kilobytes and precedes the gigabyte unit of measurement. For example, a high-quality JPEG photo from a 6.3 megapixel digital camera takes up about 3MB of space.

Answered by Kajal Sharma , an ibibo Master, at 5:09 PM on May 09, 2008