Understanding Megabytes and Gigabytes

Terms like megabytes (MB) and gigabytes (GB) are everywhere—when talking about storage, downloads, or data transfer. But what do these units really mean? What is a Megabyte (MB)? A megabyte equals approximately one million bytes of data. More precisely, in the context of computer storage, 1 MB equals 1,048,576 bytes (2^20 bytes). It is commonly […]