megabit

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English bit English megabit From mega- + bit.

1. One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bits or 1,000 kilobits. Equals 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes).

   “When reading clock pulses only, the signal frequency is 625 kHz. The bit rate, however, is twice the signal frequency, or 1.25 megabits/sec.”

2. a mebibit.
3. one megabit per second