Notations for Transmission Speed
Prefix
Use
Metric Meaning
Example
Interpretation
kilo
kbps
1,000
64 kbps
64,000 bps
Mega
Mbps
1 million
1.544 Mbps
1,544,000 bps
Giga
Gbps
1billion
2.4 Gbps
2,400,000,000 bps
Tera
Tbps
1 trillion
2 Tbps
2,000,000,000,000
Note upper case T
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