Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Medicinae Baccalaureus (Bachelor of Medicine)
  • abbreviation Manitoba
  • abbreviation megabyte

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  • noun Bachelor of Medicine degree (Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus).
  • noun China, slang moneyboy
  • noun SI Megabyte (1000 kilobytes or 1000000 bytes.
  • noun computing Motherboard.
  • proper noun Manitoba, a province of Canada.
  • abbreviation knitting make bobble

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Examples

  • · 233 MHz+ CPU (500 MHz+ PIII recommended) · 128 MB RAM (256 MB+ recommended) · Up to 230 MB hard disk space during installation

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2009

  • Here are the maximum speeds for USB and Firewire: Mb is Mega-bits, MB is Mega-Bytes

    MacNN | The Macintosh News Network 2009

  • · 233 MHz+ CPU (500 MHz+ PIII recommended) · 128 MB RAM (256 MB+ recommended) · Up to 230 MB hard disk space during installation

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2008

  • hi~ to the one who is willing to share the CPU and MB bundle with me, please call me @ 90256947 asap but no need the MB~ if u wanna get the MB~ we can get the bundle and divide the savings equally~ I TAKE CPU U TAKE MB~

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  • hi~ to the one who is willing to share the CPU and MB bundle with me, please call me @ 90256947 asap but no need the MB~ if u wanna get the MB~ we can get the bundle and divide the savings equally~ I TAKE CPU U TAKE MB~

    www.hardwarezone.com.sg 2009

  • To be sure, it seems arbitrary to set a specific limit, and 20 MB is hardly more reasonable than 25 MB.

    Gmail Attachment Size Upped To 25MB | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • It would seem that MB is trying to expand the definition of "American fiction-writing" by insisting we include the practice of those writers aiming for a popular audience.

    Genre Fiction 2010

  • Still with the massive caveat that data downloaded on the Telstra network is charged at 50c/MB from the terms and conditions.

    3 Tweaks Pricing As Its iPhone Launch Looms | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • But, because he has a very Introverted (in MB terms) personality he has to dig into resources that leave him totally drained.

    How To Be A Star « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • Of course, for Version 6, even 869 MB is really a gross underestimate.

    Wolfram Blog : The Mathematica Memory Museum 2008

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