Glossary

Megabit

The megabit is a unit of information, abbreviated Mbit or Mb. 1 megabit = 1,000,000 bits (binary digits, ones or zeros) which is equal to 125,000 bytes or 125 kilobytes (a byte is 8 binary digits). The megabit is most commonly used when referring to data transfer rates in network speeds, e.g. a 100 Mbit/s Fast Ethernet connection.