megabit

noun

mega·​bit ˈme-gə-ˌbit How to pronounce megabit (audio)
: one million bits

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Starlink’s standard home service offers 100 megabits per second download and 20 mbps upload speeds — the Federal Communications Commission’s baseline for modern internet speeds — which is typically enough to support some high-quality streaming across several devices and fast file downloads. Bloomberg, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2025 The Wi-Fi 5 wireless specification (also known as 802.11ac) was the first consumer networking standard to be measured in gigabits rather than megabits per second, with a top speed of a whopping 3.46Gbps. PCMAG, 11 Mar. 2025 The Federal Communications Commission currently defines connectivity as having minimum download speeds of 25 megabits per second of data. Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025 The second generation of cellular networks delivered texting; the third generation boosted speeds to a few megabits per second, allowing for the first smartphones. Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2020 See All Example Sentences for megabit

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First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of megabit was in 1956

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“Megabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megabit. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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megabit

noun
mega·​bit ˈmeg-ə-ˌbit How to pronounce megabit (audio)
: one million bits
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