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| − | :<math>1 \text{ MB} = | + | :<math>1 \text{ MB} = 1\,000 \text{ kB} = 10^{6} \text{ bytes} = 1\,000\,000 \text{ bytes} = 8\,000\,000 \text{ bits}</math> |
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A megabyte (MB), derived from mega- prefix, is an International System of Units (SI) unit of digital information storage equal to 1000 kilobytes. This unit is part of IEC 80000-13 (International System of Quantities) which requires this unit to always equal 1000 kilobytes. A closely related unit, mebibyte, is used to represent 1024 kibibytes.