What is MHz

MHz stands for Megahertz. Megahertz is an enhancement of hertz only. The term hertz was named on Heinrich Rudolf Hertz​ (contributed to study of electromagnetism). The abbreviations are written as Hz and MHz (i.e. mentioned in capitals) for the terms hertz and megahertz. The term megahertz itself can be broken into two terms i.e. ‘mega’ and ‘hertz’ which mean ‘million’ and ‘cycles’ respectively. Hertz is basically a unit which is used to measure frequency when a person is using the International System of Units. While the term megahertz acts an extension to the term hertz only, actually megahertz means (or is equal to) 1 million hertz where hertz were considered as cycles. So the term megahertz means 1 million cycles per second. View More...