Definitions
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- prefix originally Very large,
great . Denoting a size larger than usual. - prefix In the
International System of Units and othermetric systems of units, multiplying theunit to which it is attached by onemillion (106.) SI Symbol:M , computing abbreviation:Mi . - prefix computing Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 220 (= 1,048,576, the binary round number closest to a million).
- prefix computing, marketing Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 210 × 103 (= 1024,000, the binary round number closest to thousand).
Etymologies
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Kilo-, mega-, giga- and tera- are prefixes used with bit or byte to measure capacities.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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Kilo-, mega-, giga- and tera- are prefixes used with bit or byte to measure capacities.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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As high-flying technology stocks crashed and the mega- mergers of the late 1990s faded away, Goldman Sachs's investment-banking revenue plunged to $2.71 billion in 2003 from $5.37 billion in 2000.
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How to choose between the mega-"my favorite things" two-day gift giving extravaganza an event that our lady of sumptuous philanthropy likened to the beauty of good things happening to good people and the "come-to-Jesus" estranged friends truth-and-reconciliation episodes featuring Whoopi Goldberg and former self-help protégé Iyanla Vanzant?
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Gingrich continued his attacks yesterday outside a mega- church near Tampa and again at a rally that attracted more than 1,000 to The Villages, a retirement community northwest of Orlando.
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"In today's market, the hated segment is the mega- buyout," said Mario Giannini, chief executive officer of Hamilton Lane Advisors, a Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania-based firm that advises clients on private-equity investments.
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Other than SunTrust and Regions Financial, other mega- and regional banks never followed suit.
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And words which previously had sufficient power in themselves are attracting prefixes such as uber- or mega- in order to re-energise them, she adds.
BBC News - Home 2011
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But do college football fans in general want mega- conferences?
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Throughout 2012, we will release, one part every two weeks, essentially "the best of"-a heavily annotated, 23-part mega-"presentation" titled "Excellence.
Forbes.com: News Erika Andersen 2012
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