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Encyclopedia > Kibibit 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 kibibit per second (Kibps or Kibit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,024 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. ... 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. ... To help compare orders of magnitude this page lists dimensionless numbers between 109 and 1012. ... In computing, binary prefixes can be used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten. ... A mebibit per second (Mibps or Mibit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,024 kibibits per second or 1,048,576 bits per second. ... A gibibit per second (Gibps or Gibit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,024 mebibits per second or 1,048,576 kibibits per second or 1,073,741,824 bits per second. ... The word unit means any of several things: Physical unit, a fundamental quantity of measurement in science or engineering Units (computer program), a popular program that does unit conversion. ... 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. ...


Kibibyte per second

Another unit of data transmission is the kibibyte per second (KiBps or Kibyte/s) and is eight times a kibibit per second:

1 kibibyte/s = 8 kibibit/s

Confusion

One kibibit per second should not be confused with one kilobit per second: A kilobit per second (kbps or kbit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,000 bits per second. ...

103 = 1,000 bit/s = 1 kbit/s (one kilobit or one thousand bits per second)
210 = 1,024 bit/s = 1 Kibit/s (one kibibit per second)

A kilobit is a unit of information storage. ... For the techno single by Moby, see Thousand (single). ... A kibibit is a unit of information or computer storage. ...

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Another unit of data transmission is the kibibyte per second (kiBps or kibyte/s) and is one-eighth that of kilobit per second:
One kibibit per second should not be confused with kilobit per second:
bit per second << kilobit per second << megabit per second
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