Author Topic: MEGABITS OR MEGABYTES  (Read 1017 times)


Megabits are never used in file sizes.

Megabits is only used by ISPs to make their service sound faster than it is.

edit: I didn't read the thread.
No, it's not, it's the proper term.

No, it's not, it's the proper term.

Then why is it never used?

« Last Edit: December 27, 2011, 02:38:58 PM by Kalphiter »

I guess Windows is the supreme overlord that rules over every proper term in computing.

I guess Windows is the supreme overlord that rules over every proper term in computing.
I added another image.

Everything that matters, like sources you download from, use kB/s and MB/s. So that's all I care about.

isn't a byte eight bits

The way I remember it is

8 bits in a byte
8 inches in my richard

The way I remember it is

8 bits in a byte
80 inches in my richard

The way I remember it is

8 bits in a byte
8 inches in my richard
it's funny because it's most likely not 8

it's funny because it's most likely not 8
I assure you there are 8 bits in a byte.