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

Mega is a unit prefix in metric systems of units denoting a factor of one million (106 or 1000000 (number)|). It has the unit symbol M. It was confirmed for use in the International System of Units (SI) in 1960. Mega comes from .

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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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Vinony's link graph records 118 inbound references to अद-, and connects out to 1000000, hertz and pixel.

It is catalogued under the topic SI prefixes.

Vinony links it to 53 Wikipedia language editions.

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Followed by
giga
Follows
kilo
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unit symbol
М
numeric value
1000000
Commons category
Mega
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
time of discovery or invention
1873-00-00
NCI Thesaurus ID
C54653
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