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- noun Plural form of
megabit .
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Examples
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Internet service providers buy backbone bandwidth according to the continuous capacity of the link (usually measured in megabits per second).
TWC’s $150 Unlimited Broadband: New Way to Fleece Customers 2009
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Once we got dial tone working, they swarmed on the house, and made it their mission to squeeze 6 megabits from the ancient copper running down my street.
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"Obviously the speed is less than fiber (optic) would be, but it's up to 100 megabits, which is sufficient for our needs," he said.
Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news 2009
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( "megabits") by combining them with "bits" (square blocks) of the same color.
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(500 DSi Points): "Your goal in Art Style: PiCTOBiTS is simple: clear large blocks that fall from above (" megabits ") by combining them with" bits "
Cinema Blend Feeds 2009
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But the entire university ran on a giant T3 line that could operate at 45 megabits per second.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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Communicating with the highest-quality images also requires fast broadband connections — about 3.5 megabits per second for both upload and download, estimated Marthin De Beer, Cisco's senior vice president of emerging technologies.
Cisco, Logitech Introduce Gear for Videocalls via TV Cari Tuna 2010
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For high-definition video, the umi needs an Internet connection that can send, or upload, data at 1.5 megabits per second, higher than that of typical DSL or cable services.
Cisco Launches 'Umi' Telepresence Box To Turn TVs Into Videophones AP 2010
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Verizon promises download speeds of between 5 to 12 megabits per second mbps and upload speed of up to 5 mbps on its relatively new network.
First Look: HTC Thunderbolt, Verizon's first 4G smart phone 2011
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For a while, BackRub could access only the bandwidth available to the Gates Building—10 megabits of traffic per second.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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