Informal digital storage
Megs is informal for megabytes, the unit of digital storage: The file is only a few megs.
In older usage, megs could refer to megahertz, measuring processor speed, though this usage has faded.
The singular meg appears in compounds: a ten-meg file.
Data capacity units
RAM · disk · drive · memory · bandwidth · download · upload · allocation · quota · capacity
Feminine given name
Maggie · Peggy · nickname · name · diminutive · girl · women
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Informal digital storage
Megs is informal for megabytes, the unit of digital storage: The file is only a few megs.
In older usage, megs could refer to megahertz, measuring processor speed, though this usage has faded.
The singular meg appears in compounds: a ten-meg file.
1. storage — gigabytes, Data capacity units; terabytes (Trillion-byte units); kilobytes (Units of digital storage); petabytes (Huge data measurement unit); RAM · disk · drive · memory · bandwidth · download · upload · allocation · quota · capacity
2. nickname — Megan, Feminine given name; Meghan (Popular feminine name); Margaret (Traditional woman's name); Meg (Nickname for Margaret); Maggie · Peggy · nickname · name · diminutive · girl · women
police megaphone
megaphone, megastar, megabyte, megahit, megalith, megalomania, megahertz, megafauna, megadeath
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/megs