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Also known as M, mega prefix, mega SI prefix, M-, mega-

Vorsatz für Maßeinheiten 10⁶ (10^6)

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Mega is a metric prefix meaning one million times, represented by the symbol "M" — so a megabyte is one million bytes, for example. It was officially adopted in 1960 as part of the International System of Units, making it a standard way to express large quantities across science, technology, and everyday measurements.

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unit symbol
М
numeric value
1000000
Commons category
Mega
time of discovery or invention
1873-00-00
NCI Thesaurus ID
C54653
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