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MB, Mb, mB or mb may mean:

Mb (digraph)
Megabit (1,000,000 bits) or mebibit (2²⁰ = 1,048,576 bits); the preferred symbols are Mb and Mibit, respectively¹
MegaByte (1,000,000 bytes) or mebibyte (2²⁰ = 1,048,576 bytes); the preferred symbols are MB and MiB, respectively¹

MB may mean:

Bachelor of Medicine, an academic degree (Latin Medicinae Baccleureus)
MacBook, a laptop computer by Apple Computer
Manitoba, Canada: postal code
Manned Base, in military parlance
Marching Band, a group of people that play instruments while marching in unison to form some kind of picture or shape
Martinique: FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code
Maybe, in Internet Instant Messaging shorthand
MB (singer), a Canadian independent recording artist
Medal of Bravery (Canadian decoration post-nominal letters)
Medical Board
Mega bel, an unusual unit of logarithmic ratio measurement
Mercedes Benz, a German brand of automobiles, buses, coaches and trucks
Meridian and Bigbee Railroad (AAR reporting mark MB)
Milton Bradley Company, a board game and sometimes video game publisher
MNG Cargo Airlines: IATA airline designator
Monkey Boards
Motherboard
Municipal Borough

Mb may mean:

megabar, a deprecated symbol for Mbar, an unit of pressure

mB may mean:

milli bel, an unusual unit of logarithmic ratio measurement

mb may mean:

millibar, a deprecated symbol for mbar, an unit of pressure (equal to one hectopascal)

¹ Although this is the usage preferred by several standardisation organisations, multiple symbol and capitalisation variants are used in many documents, so the context must be used to determine the meaning. Note also that some users differentiate between an upper-case 'B' (for byte) and a lower-case 'b' (for bit) in such abbreviations, whilst others do not.

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