megabytes
Digital storage measure
Megabytes is the plural of megabyte, a unit of digital information equal to roughly one million bytes.
File sizes, storage capacity, and data transfer are commonly measured in megabytes: The photo is about three megabytes.
Abbreviated MB.
As storage has grown, gigabytes and terabytes have become more common reference points, but megabytes remain standard for smaller files.
Trillion-byte units
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- file sizeStorage space occupied
- hard driveComputer's internal storage device
flash drive · USB · SD card · allocation · partition · quota · bandwidth · buffer
Temporary data storage hardware
- dataFacts for analysis
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- bitsSmall portions or pieces
- bytesUnits of digital storage
hexadecimal · MB · digital · encoding · ASCII · storage unit · measurement · metric prefix
Formal written records
- photosRecorded light images
- imagesVisual depictions
- MP3sCompressed music format
- attachmentsItems joined to something
downloads · PDFs · spreadsheets · thumbnails · video clips · screenshots · JPEG · PNG
Flexible magnetic storage medium
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
- 56k modemTelephone-based internet hardware
- AOLEarly internet provider
- diskettePortable magnetic storage medium
DOS · Windows 95 · Zip drive · CD-ROM · early internet · bulletin board · shareware · low resolution
terabytes
Trillion-byte units
hard drive · flash drive · USB · SD card · allocation · partition · quota · bandwidth · buffer · cache
RAM
Temporary data storage hardware
bytes · hexadecimal · MB · digital · encoding · ASCII · storage unit · measurement · metric prefix · mega
documents
Formal written records
attachments · downloads · PDFs · spreadsheets · thumbnails · video clips · screenshots · JPEG · PNG · save file
floppy disk
Flexible magnetic storage medium
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
- 56k modemTelephone-based internet hardware
- AOLEarly internet provider
diskette · DOS · Windows 95 · Zip drive · CD-ROM · early internet · bulletin board · shareware · low resolution · 8-bit
- technical specsvoltage, amperage, wattage, ohms, hertz
- Tech SpecsRAM, bandwidth, CPU, storage, GPU
- memory termsremembering, recollection, flashback, recall, reminiscence
- quantitiessome, many, few, amount, several
- performance metricsmetrics, metric, KPIs, benchmark, benchmarks
- Bandwidthbandwidth limit, bit rate, bitrate, bits per second, bps