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Encyclopedia > Kilobit per second
Bit rates
Decimal prefixes (SI)
Name Symbol Multiple
kilobit per second kbit/s 103
megabit per second Mbit/s 106
gigabit per second Gbit/s 109
terabit per second Tbit/s 1012
Binary prefixes
(IEC 60027-2)
kibibit per second Kibit/s 210
mebibit per second Mibit/s 220
gibibit per second Gibit/s 230
tebibit per second Tibit/s 240

A kilobit per second (kbit/s or kb/s or kbps) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to 1,000 bits per second. It is sometimes mistakenly thought to mean 1,024 bits per second, using the binary meaning of the kilo- prefix, though this is incorrect. Image File history File links Merge-arrow. ... 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. ... KBPS is a high school radio broadcast station run by Benson Polytechnic High School students enrolled in the radio broadcasting program. ... 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 (also known as a metric prefix) is a name or associated symbol that precedes a unit of measure (or its symbol) to form a decimal multiple or submultiple. ... Look up si, Si, SI in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up one thousand in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A megabit per second (Mbps or Mbit/s or Mb/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,024 kilobits per second or 1048576 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. ... A terabit per second (Tbps or Tbit/s) is a unit of data transfer equal to 1,000 gigabits per second, 1,000,000 megabits per second, 1,000,000,000 kilobits per second, or 1,000,000,000,000 bits per second. ... To help compare orders of magnitude this page lists dimensionless numbers between 1012 and 1015: See also Orders of magnitude (numbers) Categories: Stub | Orders of magnitude (numbers) ... // In computing, binary prefixes can be used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten (such as computer memory sizes). ... In information technology there is sometimes confusion about measurement of bits and bytes. ... A kibibit per second (Kibps or Kibit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,024 bits per second. ... 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. ... A tebibit per second (Tibps or Tibit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,024 tebibits per second, 1,048,576 mebibits per second, 1,073,741,824 kibibits per second, or 1,099,511,627,776 bits per second. ... The former Weights and Measures office in Middlesex, England. ... In telecommunications, data transfer rate or just transfer rate is the average number of bits, characters, or blocks per unit time passing between equipment in a data transmission system. ... 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. ... In computing, binary prefixes are often used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten. ...

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Most digital representations of audio are measured in kbit/s: It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Modem. ... A 56 kbit/s line is a digital connection (possibly a leased line, possibly switched) capable of carrying 56 kilobits per second (kbit/s), the data rate of a normal single channel digital telephone line in North America. ... For other uses, see MP3 (disambiguation). ... ISDN is also short for isosorbide dinitrate Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is a type of circuit switched telephone network system, designed to allow digital (as opposed to analog) transmission of voice and data over ordinary telephone copper wires, resulting in better quality and higher speeds, than available with analog... For the guitar distortion pedal, see BOSS DS-1. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sound reproduction is the electrical or mechanical re-creation and/or amplification of sound, often as music. ...


(These values vary depending on audio data compression schemes) Audio compression is a form of data compression designed to reduce the size of audio files. ...

  • 4 kbit/s – minimum achieved for encoding recognizable speech (using special-purpose speech codecs)
  • 8 kbit/s – telephone quality
  • 32 kbit/s – MW quality
  • 96 kbit/s – FM quality
  • 192 kbit/s – Nearly CD quality for a file compressed in the MP3 format
  • 1,411 kbit/s – CD audio (at 16-bits for each channel and 44.1 kHz)

Speech coding is the compression of speech (into a code) for transmission with speech codecs that use audio signal processing and speech processing techniques. ... For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation). ... Mediumwave radio transmissions serves as the most common band for broadcasting. ... FM broadcasting is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation (FM) to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... For other uses, see MP3 (disambiguation). ... Image of a recordable compact disc (pencil included for scale) A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... A kilohertz (kHz) is a unit of frequency equal to 1,000 hertz (1,000 cycles per second). ...

Related units

'k' vs 'Ki'

'k' and 'Ki' stand for 'kilo' and kibi respectively. They are prefixes to units where 'k' stands for 1,000 and 'Ki' stands for 1,024, because 'Ki' comes from its use in computing where 210 = 1,024. Unfortunately, 'K' is often incorrectly used instead of 'Ki'. Furthermore, the broad public not being necessarily aware of this subtle difference, usually 'Kbps' and 'kbps' indiscriminately, creating confusion. Whenever 'Kibps' is used, it is usually accurate. Kilo (symbol: k) is a prefix in the SI system denoting 103 or 1000. ... In computing, binary prefixes are often used to quantify large numbers where powers of two are more useful than powers of ten. ...


'b' vs 'B'

'b' stands for 'bit' and 'B' stands for 'byte', where one byte refers to 8 bits. This can lead to confusion, as when a "1 Mega" connnection is advertised, it is in megabits, meaning the maximum achieveable download speed is actually 128 kilobytes per second. In computer technology and networking, an octet is a group of 8 bits. ...


Example usage

If the data rate of a data-stream 8,192 bits per second, then using the different capitalisations of letters this would be as follows:


8192 / 1000 = 8.192 kbps
8192 / 1024 = 8 Kbps
8192 / (8 x 1024) = 1 KBps
8192 / (8 x 1000) = 1.024 kBps
8192 / 8 = 1024 Bps


Bytes are typically used in modern systems, but even when 8-bit bytes are used, the number of kbyte/s is not necessarily exactly one eighth the number of kbit/s because the count of bytes might not include framing bits. For example, a 56 kbit/s RS-232 serial line transfers only 5.6 kbyte/s — not 7 kbyte/s — when used in the most common configuration (asynchronous, 8 data bits, no parity, one stop bit). It is fairly common to use kbyte/s with the binary meaning (1,024 byte/s) — more so than for kbit/s — perhaps because of the close relationship with the common binary usage of kilobyte for measuring file sizes. RS-232 (also referred to as EIA RS-232C or V.24) is a standard for serial binary data interchange between a DTE (Data terminal equipment) and a DCE (Data communication equipment). ... The asynchronous start-stop is the more common of two basic modes of teletypewriter operation, allowing a common means of encoding characters over a serial link such as RS-232. ... A kilobyte (derived from the SI prefix kilo-, meaning 1,000) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to either 1,000 bytes or 1,024 bytes (210), depending on context. ...


Another related unit is the kibibit per second: A kibibit per second (Kibps or Kibit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,024 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)

kbps is also commonly used for describing bit rates for streaming data such as video. A kilobit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated kbit or sometimes kb. ... For the techno single by Moby, see Thousand (single). ... A kibibit per second (Kibps or Kibit/s) is a unit of data transmission equal to 1,024 bits per second. ... A kibibit is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Kibit, or sometimes Kib. ...


To convert between common denotations, the following formula are used.

kbps → KBps ((n * 1000) / 8) / 1024 = m
kbps → MBpm ((((n * 1000) / 8) / 1024) / 1024) * 60 = m
kbps → MBph (((((n * 1000) / 8) / 1024) / 1024) * 60) * 60 = m

The following table shows how much data would theoretically be downloaded when running such a stream in more common denotations.

kbps 50.00 150.00 139.81
KBps 6.10 18.31 17.07
MBpm 0.36 1.07 1.00
MBph 21.46 64.37 60.00

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kilobit per second: Information from Answers.com (367 words)
A kilobit per second (kbit/s or kbps) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to 1,000 bits per second.
It is sometimes used to mean 1,024 bits per second, using the binary meaning of the kilo- prefix, though this is rare and non-standard.
Another unit of data transmission is the kilobyte per second (kbyte/s or kB/s or kBps), which is 1,000 or 1,024 bytes per second.
What is bits per second? - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: bps, bit/sec, bit per second (337 words)
In data communications, bits per second (abbreviated bps or bit/sec) is a common measure of data speed for computer modems and transmission carriers.
One kilobit per second (abbreviated Kbps in the U.S.; kbps elsewhere) is equal to 1,000 bps.
One megabit per second (Mbps) is equal to 1,000,000 bps or 1,000 Kbps.
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