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  • computing Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 220 (= 1,048,576, the binary round number closest to a million).
  • computing, marketing Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 210 × 103 (= 1024,000, the binary round number closest to thousand).
  • originally Very large, great.
  • In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (106.) SI Symbol: M, computing abbreviation: Mi.

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