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      Mbps = Mb/s = Megabits per second.

      MBps = MB/s = Megabytes per second.

      The p is just the /. It’s the capital or lowercase B that makes the difference.

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          As a computer engineer, I had better know. And don’t get me started on MiB vs MB

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              kB = kilobytes = 1000 bytes

              MB = megabytes = 1000 kB

              kiB = kibibytes = 1024 bytes

              MiB = mibibytes = 1024 kiB

              Generally on hard drive/ssd capacity it will be listed in GiB (Gibibytes). This is the reason a 1 Terabyte drive is actually something like 931 GB showing in your system. Because your system uses GiB and the manufacturer uses GB.

              1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes

              1GiB = 1,073,741,824 bytes

              1 GB =~ 0.931 GiB

              Edit: I had it backwards, it is fixed now

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      • 3.125MB/s to 12.5MB/s

      He is right though on megabits to megabytes. Internet speed is advertised in bits/s where files and transfer speeds are usually shown in software as megabytes/s