megabit | meaning of megabit in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmegabitmeg‧a‧bit /ˈmeɡəbɪt/ noun [countable]    technicalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a million bitsExamples from the Corpusmegabit• Local-area networks transmitting data at speeds of between 10 megabits per second and 100 megabits per second also exist.• Private local-area networks on the Internet operate at data transmission speeds of 10 to 100 megabits per second.• The Stuttgart Computing Center has successfully operated long-distance links using 100 megabits per second of this capacity.• The network provides access speeds of 64 kilobits per second and 2 megabits per second.• Its initial capacity will be 2 megabits per second.• These networks connect universities and research institutions at data transmission speeds ranging from 64 kilobits per second to 2 megabits per second.• Current tests show a maximum speed of about 6 megabits per second for downloads and about 640 kilobits per second upstream.