bits per second

1. 1.

   (computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)

   Synonymsbps

   Broaderrate

   computer science

Questions about bits per second

What does bits per second mean?

bits per second means "(computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)".

What is another word for bits per second?

Close synonyms include bps. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bits per second a common word?

bits per second is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.