mb

¹

Physics.

1. millibar; millibars.
2. millibarn; millibarns.

Mb

²

Computers.

1. megabit; megabits.

MB

³

abbreviation for

1. Manitoba, Canada (approved for postal use).
2. Computers. megabyte; megabytes.

M.B.

⁴

abbreviation for

, Chiefly British.

1. Bachelor of Medicine.

MB

¹

abbreviation for

1. Bachelor of Medicine
2. maternity benefit
3. (esp in postal addresses) Manitoba
4. (in Canada) Medal of Bravery
5. computing megabyte

mb

²

symbol for

1. millibar

Mb

³

abbreviation for

1. megabit

Mb

¹

1. Abbreviation of megabit

MB

²

1. Abbreviation of megabyte

mb

³

1. Abbreviation of millibar

Word History and Origins

Origin of mb¹

From New Latin Medicinae Baccalaureus

Example Sentences

Trends forecast that soon 1.7 Mb of data will be created every single second for each person on planet Earth.

From Seattle Times

After correcting for that bias, the new study found similar amounts of Neanderthal DNA in Europeans and Asians—51 and 55 Mb, respectively.

From Science Magazine

The minimum speed will be 25 megabits/second download and 3 Mb upload, the federal definition of broadband, while “there are places in town that can get 60 to 80” MB download, Koester said.

From Washington Times

BAC pools with sequence reads less than 400 Mb were sequenced again to obtain enough sequences for assembly.

From Nature

The average overlap between adjacent BAC clones was ~25 kb, and the overall genomic span for each pool averaged ~1 Mb.

From Nature