A kilobit is a unit of measurement used to measure digital data. It is equal to 1,000 bits and it can be used for different types of data such as text files, images, audio, or video. Kilobits are often abbreviated as kbps (kilobits per second) which measures the speed at which information is transferred over a network connection. The kilobit was introduced in 1984 by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The term kilobyte refers to 8 times more than one kilo bit; meaning that it comprises 8 x 1000 = 8000 bits and therefore 8 bits equals 1 byte. A megabit consists of 1000 kilobits while a gigabit contains 1000… Read More
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In telecommunications, data-transfer rate is the average number of bits (bitrate), characters or symbols (baudrate), or data blocks per unit time passing through a communication path. Common data rates in modern home and office networks are 10 Mbit/s Ethernet, 100 Mbit/s Fast Ethernet and 1 Gbit/s Gigabit Ethernet. Data rates are usually measured in bit/second (or kilobit per second for higher speeds). For many computer users, Kilobytes per second (KBps) is a more familiar term than bits per second. One KBps equals 8 times as much information as one bps. For example, most broadband Internet connections have download speeds between 500 KBps and 10 MBps—quite a range! In general, the… Read More
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