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Encyclopedia > Gigabit per second
Bit rates
Decimal prefixes
Name Symbol Multiple
kilobit per second kbps or kbit/s 103
megabit per second Mbps or Mbit/s 106
gigabit per second Gbps or Gbit/s 109
Binary prefixes
kibibit per second Kibit/s 210
mebibit per second Mibit/s 220
gibibit per second Gibit/s 230

A gigabit per second (Gbps or Gbit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,000 megabits per second or 1,000,000 kilobits per second or 1,000,000,000 bits per second. In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (sometimes written bitrate) is the frequency at which bits are passing a given (physical or metaphorical) point. It is quantified using the bit per second (bit/s) unit. ... An SI prefix is a prefix which can be applied to any unit of the International System of Units (SI) to give subdivisions and multiples of that unit. ... A kilobit per second (kbps or kbit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,000 bits per second. ... (Redirected from 1 E3) For the techno single by Moby, see Thousand (single). ... A megabit per second (mbps or mbit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,000 kilobits per second or 1,000,000 bits per second. ... (Redirected from 1 E6) One million (1000000), one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999999 and preceding 1000001. ... To help compare orders of magnitude this page lists dimensionless numbers between 109 and 1012. ... In computing, binary prefixes are often used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten. ... A kibibit per second (kibps or kibit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,024 bits per second. ... The word unit means any of several things: The natural or usual or smallest measure of something, of which there are multiples and of which there may be fractions. ... A megabit per second (mbps or mbit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,000 kilobits per second or 1,000,000 bits per second. ... A kilobit per second (kbps or kbit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,000 bits per second. ... In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (sometimes written bitrate) is the frequency at which bits are passing a given (physical or metaphorical) point. It is quantified using the bit per second (bit/s) unit. ...


Only a few applications utilize speeds measured in Gbit/s:

SCSI stands for Small Computer System Interface, and is a standard interface for transferring data between devices on a computer bus. ... Fibre Channel is a serial computer bus intended for connecting high-speed storage devices to computers. ... OC-24 is a SONET line with transmission speed of 1. ...

Gigabyte per second

Another unit of data transmission is the gigabyte per second (GBps or Gbyte/s) and is one-eighth that of a gigabit per second:

8 gigabit/s = 1 gigabyte/s

Confusion

One gigabit per second should not be confused with one gibibit per second:

109 bit/s = 1 000 000 000 bit/s = 1 Gbit/s (one gigabit or one billion bits per second)
230 bit/s = 1 073 741 824 bit/s = 1 Gibit/s (one gibibit per second)

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BBC News | Sci/Tech | Gigabit per second delivered to desktop (569 words)
Transferring a billion bits per second would mean, for example, that watching real-time high-quality video would be routine.
Gigabit networks and network cards can be bought now but do not function at these speeds.
The backbones of current LANs can run at a gigabit per second but the data transfer to a desktop computer connected to the LAN is limited by the network card, usually 10 or 100 megabits per second.
HPCC Insights - Ultra fast gigabit networking (1988 words)
Gigabit networking applications within NASA will include rapid data transfer in everything from research and development and space missions to public outreach and educational activities, according to Marjory Johnson, NREN associate project manager.
As a multitude of uses for gigabit networking are being identified, the NREN team -- as with other groups -- is working to fine-tune the technology, as well as to demonstrate its capabilities, according to Johnson.
Gigabit networking, then, offers the capability of moving a billion bits of data per second -- many times faster than the computer networks that most people are currently familiar with.
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