bits per second
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2.8
- noun
- Specialized
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bits por segundo
- For most wireless or wireline channels, you are able to send lots of bits per second per Hertz.
- million bits per second
- About bits per second
And you get more BPS, more bits per second using multiple clicks because it's more difficult.
- And you get more BPS, more bits per second using multiple clicks because it's more difficult.
Examples
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Modern smartphones can transmit data at speeds exceeding 300 megabits per second.
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The new fiber-optic connection allows us to download data at a speed of 1,000 bits per second.
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About 50 bits per second is the estimate of the experts.
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And you get more BPS, more bits per second using multiple clicks because it's more difficult.
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But InfiniBand is cheaper per bit per second than Ethernet and it's winning in a lot of markets.
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The modem should transfer information at least 14,400 bits per second (bps).
Academic text (1995) -
Our senses can handle about 11 million bits per second (Zimmerman 1989; see Norretranders, 1998, for a detailed analysis).
Academic text (2005) -
For AT&T customers with newer smartphones or tablet computers, the upgrade to full 4G means download speeds should triple to about 12 million bits per second.
Blog text (21) -
The failure of Galileo's high-gain antenna to deploy reduced the craft's ability to transmit data back to Earth from 10,000 bits per second down to 8 bps.
Academic text (2002) -
The satellite link offers a maximum speed of 15,000 bits per second for internet access.
Synonyms
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4.2
The speed at which digital data is sent or processed in bits per second
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4.1
The number of bits sent or processed each second in audio and video files
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3.8
A count of how many bits of data are sent each second
A measure of internet speed showing millions of bits per second
A measure of internet speed equal to one billion bits per second
A measure of internet data speed equal to one thousand bits per second
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional rate construction: 'bit' (unit of information) + 'per' (indicating rate) + 'second' (time unit) yields 'number of bits transmitted each second.' This noun + per + time-unit pattern (e.g. miles per hour, words per minute) is cross-linguistically common, so an average B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase bits per second comes from early computing as a simple way to say how fast data moves. It literally counts how many bits, the smallest pieces of information that are 0 or 1, pass in each second, like saying 'miles per hour' for tiny pieces of data, so it means the 'data speed' of a connection.