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The CD has a storage capacity of 800 megabytes.
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The only downside is the file size—fully uncompressed RAW files from this sensor run around 125 megabytes per image, though there are compressed options that will get them down to about 80 MP per image.
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Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Our human compressors condensed the original images, which all clocked in around a few megabytes, down to only a few thousand bytes each.
—Irena Hwang, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Oct. 2021
In these areas, a 2 megabyte file can take as long as 30 minutes to download.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2013
Vampire Survivors weighs in at a puny 600 megabytes.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
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Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Our human compressors condensed the original images, which all clocked in around a few megabytes, down to only a few thousand bytes each.
—Irena Hwang, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Oct. 2021
In these areas, a 2 megabyte file can take as long as 30 minutes to download.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2013
Vampire Survivors weighs in at a puny 600 megabytes.
—Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Megabyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megabyte. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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megabyte
noun
mega·byte
ˈmeg-ə-ˌbīt 
: 1,048,576 bytes
also
: one million bytes
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