What is MB and traffic?

The work of each electronic computer is built on a binary number system. A PC can only process information in a digital form. Therefore, the machine perceives the data in the form of zeros and ones. Their sequence is called binary (in English binary bigit, most users use the abbreviated bit).

Basic units of information measurement. What is MB?

Table 1. Information units

A bit is the basic unit of measuring the amount of information in a PC. It can have a value of one or zero. The next unit is a byte (eight consecutive bits). In bytes, measure text, video, graphics. Kilobyte equals 1024 bytes, and in 1 kilobyte contains 8192 bits. What is MB? This is a unit of information that equals 1024 kilobytes.

Controversial questions regarding the term "megabyte"

Some scientists believe that the term "megabyte" is not entirely correct. After all, judging by its name, one megabyte should equal one million bytes. In this case, this unit should have the name "mebibyte". But in the C system, "mega" is 10 in the sixth degree, and megabytes are considered equal to 1048576 bytes.

Such a value, as a mebibyte, is two to the twentieth degree. It was recognized and standardized only in 1998. Despite the obvious mathematical calculations, the value of 1048576 bytes is still called a megabyte. Although, in fact, this is the meaning of a mebibyte. It's too late to change the system of data units, because millions of users are accustomed to it, not dedicated to the subtleties of its formation. But to study this aspect, without a doubt, is necessary.

Why do many users get confused about what MB is and how much information is available to it? Most likely, the first mistakes were made in the 20th century, when the capacity labeling on diskettes reported 1.44 MB (and in the C system this value was 14,400 bytes). But in fact, the amount of data on these media was 1474560 bytes or 1474 kilobytes. Prefixes of different magnitudes were combined, which led to values that are simply impossible to calculate correctly. In practice, the declared amount of floppy disks did not correspond to reality, which was the trigger for the following errors in the measurement of information. Now you know what MB is. A little digression into the history of information measurement units will help you better understand the subtleties of operating systems.

What is MB in "VC"?

Often the term "megabyte" is reduced and used analog - MB. This saves time and traffic on the Internet. In addition, the site "VKontakte" often use the word "mb" as a shortened form from the phrase "maybe." For example, in a dialogue or conversation such an action makes communication more dynamic and again saves time.

Traffic and megabytes: common ground

From English, the word traffic is translated as "street traffic". In the information sphere, this term means the amount of data in kilobytes that the server has received over a certain period, and is used in a variety of areas. There is a concept of site traffic, that is, the amount of its traffic, traffic of search engines, transmitted information, etc.

It can be measured not only in megabytes, but also in gigabytes, kilobytes. There are two types of traffic:

- Outgoing (the data that the server sends);

- incoming (the amount of data received).

What is the traffic (Mb)? This is the amount of information received or sent over a certain period of time. If you do not have unlimited Internet, then traffic counting (that is, the data received in megabytes) is simply necessary for you. 1 MB equals, for example, viewing about 30 pages on the Internet, it's about 400 pages of text or 4-5 pictures.