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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Meg- \Meg-\ (m[e^]g-), Mega \Meg"a\ (m[e^]g"[.a]-), Megalo- \Meg"a*lo-\ (m[e^]g"[.a]*l[-o]-). [Gr. me'gas, gen. mega'loy, great.] Combining forms signifying: (a) Great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm. (b) (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.) A million times, a million of; as, megabyte, a million butes; megawatt, a million watts; megameter, a million meters; megafarad, a million farads; megohm, a million ohms. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
mega- /me'g*/ pref. [SI] See {{quantifiers}}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
mega- {prefix}
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
MEGA MessdatenErfassung und Graphische Auswertung
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