megahertz (MHz)
A unit of measurement for electrical vibration, equal to one million cycles of electromagnetic currency per second. It is commonly used as a unit of measure for the clock speeds of computer microprocessors (for example, 100 MHz and 133 MHz). The speeds of buses and interfaces are also measured in MHz.
See also : hertz (Hz)
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