megabyte

• Unité de mesure de la quantité de données numériques, généralement définie comme 1 000 000 d'octets (décimale) ou 1 048 576 octets (binaire), utilisée pour exprimer la taille de fichiers ou la capacité de mémoire.

A unit of digital information storage, commonly defined as either 1,000,000 bytes (decimal) or 1,048,576 bytes (binary), used to measure file sizes or memory capacity.

1. Decimal megabyteB1formalIT

   A unit of digital information equal to one million bytes (1,000,000 bytes), commonly used for data storage.

   Mégaoctet (décimal)

   • The file size is about 5 megabytes.
   • This photo takes up 2 megabytes of space.
   • A typical MP3 song is around 3 to 5 megabytes.

2. Binary megabyteB1formalIT

   A unit of digital information equal to 1,048,576 bytes (2^20 bytes), often used in computing contexts.

   Mégaoctet binaire

   • The computer's memory is measured in megabytes.
   • This program requires 256 megabytes of RAM.
   • The hard drive has a capacity of 500 megabytes.

   Synonymesmebibyte