bps
By Gabriel Torres on April 28, 2005

Bits Per Second

Transfer rate measurement unit used on serial communications. Measures the number of bits that are transfered per second. One bit can be a number 0 or a number 1. To convert a given transfer rate in bps (bits per second) to B/s (bytes per second), you should divide the value by eight. To convert a given transfer rate in B/s to bps, you should multiply the value by eight.

For example, 100 bps equals to 12.5 B/s.

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