Mega

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Mega or MEGA may refer to: In science:

• mega-, the SI prefix for one million
• "megalo-" means "large", coming from a Greek word with that exact meaning. An example of a word with "mega" meaning large is Megalosaurus
• For the very large number, see Steinhaus–Moser notation

In television:

• Mega, the Chilean TV channel "Red Televisiva Megavisión"
• Mega TV, the defunct cable television network
• Mega Channel, the Greek language terrestrial station of Greece and Cyprus
• Mega64, a low-budget series of comedy skits centered around video games

In fiction:

• Mega is the highest level reachable by a Digimon
• Mega, a fictional character from The Tribe played by Calen Maiava Paris

In video games:

• Mega Drive, a video game console
• Mega Man, a video game character and franchise
• Mega Flare has always been the attack of the Final Fantasy series' summon Bahamut.

In computing:

• Molecular Evolution Genetics Analysis (MEGA), a free software package used for manipulating bioinformatic data (gene and protein sequences) and building evolutionary phylogenies. The website is: http://www.megasoftware.net/
• MEGA International, a software company that provides modeling solutions for Enterprise Architecture, Business Process Management, and Risk Management

In music:

• Mega Records, a record label

In magazine:

• MEGA, a Sega Mega Drive magazine

In lottery:

• Mega Millions, a major jackpot game in the United States; it rivals Powerball

In trading:

• MEGA Family Shopping Centre, a network of shopping malls in Russia operated by IKEA

Other uses:

• Mega, a French role-playing game (three editions, 1984, 1986, and 1992)
• Mega, a largely unknown, complex, philosophically-grounded religious outlook on the universe and all its tangible and abstract contents as fundamentally unnecessary
• MEGA Post-Graduate Associations (MEGA), various post-graduate associations in university departments around the world
• Little Mega Rifle, bolt-action rifle used in Chinese Civil War
• Aixam-Mega, a French automobile manufacturer based in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie.

Places:

• Mega, a town in Ethiopia
• MEGA, the recently discovered underwater ruins off the northwest tip of Cuba. It is discussed on this BLOG

Persons:

• Megawati Sukarnoputri, a former Indonesian president

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