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megabyte

In computing, a unit of memory equal to 1,024 kilobytes. It is sometimes used, less precisely, to mean 1 million bytes.



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Back in the mid 90's, a computer with a 200-megabyte hard drive was good enough for us and one with 300 to 400 megabyte would impress even the computer geeks.
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