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data rate [n][en]

1)	the rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information

Synonyms :

taxa_de_dados velocidad_de_datos скорость_передачи_данных 数据传输率 datenrate 데이터_전송_속도 データレート

See Also:

rate channel_capacity

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

(Or "data ransfer rate", "transmission rate") The amount of data transferred per second by a communications channel or a computing or storage device.

Data rate is measured in units of bits per second (written "b/s" or "bps"), bytes per second (Bps), or baud.

When applied to data rate, the multiplier prefixes "kilo-", "mega-", "giga-", etc. (and their abbreviations, "k", "M", "G", etc.) always denote powers of 1000. For example, 64 kbps is 64,000 bits per second. This contrasts with units of storage where they stand for powers of 1024, e.g. 1 KB = 1024 bytes.

[Relationship with "bandwidth"?]

(2002-03-23)

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