noun
- a unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to approximately one million bytes
Usage: computing
Examples
- The file is 5 megabytes in size.
- My old computer only had 64 megabytes of RAM.
- The photo takes up about 2 megabytes of storage space.
- You need at least 100 megabytes of free disk space to install the program.
- The email attachment cannot exceed 10 megabytes.
- Modern smartphones typically have gigabytes rather than megabytes of memory.