MB

Megabyte

MB is the acronym for Megabyte.

In computing, a byte is a unit of digital information that is typically made up of 8 bits. Each bit can be either a 0 or a 1, and when grouped together in sets of 8, they represent a single byte. A byte can represent a small amount of information, such as a single character, or a larger amount of information, such as a small image or a section of text.

The prefixes kilo (abbreviated as K), mega (abbreviated as M), giga (abbreviated as G), tera (abbreviated as T), and peta (abbreviated as P) are used to describe larger units of digital information, as follows:

Kilobyte (KB): 1 KB is equal to 1,024 bytes.
Megabyte (MB): 1 MB is equal to 1,024 KB or 1,048,576 bytes.
Gigabyte (GB): 1 GB is equal to 1,024 MB, 1,048,576 KB, or 1,073,741,824 bytes.
Terabyte (TB): 1 TB is equal to 1,024 GB, 1,048,576 MB, 1,073,741,824 KB, or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes.
Petabyte (PB): 1 PB equal to 1,024 TB, 1,048,576 GB, 1,073,741,824 MB, or 1,099,511,627,776 KB.

The prefixes can be used to describe the size of digital files or the amount of storage space on a device. For example, a 5 MB image file is 5 megabytes in size, and a hard drive with a capacity of 1 TB can store up to 1 terabyte of data.

Abbreviation: MB

It all started as a book club.

Yes, I’m serious. I started my work on the web more than two decades ago. My first site was Helping Hand, which curated the best sites from around the web to help people with their computers and navigate resources on the Internet. Years later, I sold the domain to a company that helped folks quit smoking, one of my first big contracts.

I began blogging on Blogger and waxed poetic about everything from politics to Internet tools. I was all over the place and mostly wrote for myself – without much of an audience. I belonged to a Marketing Book club in Indianapolis that quickly grew out of control. Over time, I discovered that more and more of the group were coming to me for technology advice. The combination of my technology background and my business and marketing acumen was in high demand as the Internet rapidly changed the industry.

After reading Naked Conversations, I was motivated to better brand and control the content on the site. I also wanted more control over the look and feel of my blog, so I moved to my domain in 2006 and built my first WordPress site. Since I was focused on marketing technology, I didn’t want the domain with my name to get in the way, so I moved the site (painfully) to its new domain in 2008 where it’s grown ever since.

The Martech Zone is owned and operated by DK New Media, LLC, a company I started in 2009. After working with virtually every major online marketing department in my tenure at ExactTarget and launching Compendium, I knew there was a great demand for my expertise and guidance within such a complex industry.

DK New Media is my company overseeing my publications, podcasts, workshops, webinars, and speaking gigs. Highbridge is my agency with two other partners that help companies maximize their investment in sales, marketing, and related products. We offer integration, migration, training, strategic consulting, and custom development.

Thank you so much for your support over the years!

Douglas Karr
CEO, DK New Media
VP, Highbridge