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Bit rate

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Bit rate (also called bitrate, data rate or R) is how much data move from one place to another in a given amount of time. It is commonly measured in bits per second (symbol: bit/s or b/s).

It is different from symbol rate and bandwidth, but part of the same group.[clarification needed]

Other units

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Common examples

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  • Megabit per second (Mbit/s or Mb/s) (1 000 000 bit/s)
  • Megabyte per second or megaoctet per second (MB/s or Mo/s) (8 000 000 bit/s)
  • Gigabit per second (Gbit/s or Gb/s) (1 000 000 000 bit/s)
  • Gigabyte per second or gigaoctet per second (GB/s or Go/s) (8 000 000 000 bit/s)
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