Common Misconceptions Between IT Words

Megabit v Megabyte

Megabit

A megabit is used to indicate 1 million bits. When talking about bandwidth, you typically use megabits per second (Mbps).

Megabyte

A megabyte is used ot indicate 1 million bytes. There are 8 megabits for every megabyte. When talking about storage, memory, and file size, you normally use megabytes per second (MBps).

Picture showing that 8 megabits equals 1 megabyte.