gigabit
Network speed measure
A gigabit is one billion bits of digital data—a unit commonly used to measure data transfer speeds.
Internet connections are typically advertised in gigabits per second: We upgraded to gigabit fiber.
One gigabit equals 1,000 megabits or 125 megabytes.
The abbreviation is Gb or Gbit.
Processing rate over time
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- transmissionSending of information
- broadbandFast internet access
- latencyDelay in system response
speed · fiber · cable · connectivity · upload · download · streaming · bottleneck
Wired networking standard
- fiber-opticLight-carrying cable technology
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
LAN · WAN · TCP/IP · IPv6 · backbone · protocol · firewall · VPN
Light-carrying cable technology
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- providerOne who furnishes things
- ISPWeb access company
service · network · backbone · last-mile · deployment · rollout · coverage · municipal
Trillion-byte measure
- megabyteData capacity measure
- petabyteQuadrillion bytes measured
- fileStored collection of data
- transferMove between locations
backup · database · SSD · NVMe · SATA · throughput · cache · buffer
Speedy, or skip eating
- rapidMoving with haste
- quickMoving with speed
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- high-speedMoving very quickly
ultrafast · blazing · instantaneous · real-time · low-latency · responsive · seamless · swift
throughput
Processing rate over time
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- transmissionSending of information
- broadbandFast internet access
latency · speed · fiber · cable · connectivity · upload · download · streaming · bottleneck · Gbps
ethernet
Wired networking standard
- fiber-opticLight-carrying cable technology
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
modem · LAN · WAN · TCP/IP · IPv6 · backbone · protocol · firewall · VPN · hub
fiber-optic
Light-carrying cable technology
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- providerOne who furnishes things
ISP · service · network · backbone · last-mile · deployment · rollout · coverage · municipal · rural
terabyte
Trillion-byte measure
transfer · backup · database · SSD · NVMe · SATA · throughput · cache · buffer · sequential
fast
Speedy, or skip eating
high-speed · ultrafast · blazing · instantaneous · real-time · low-latency · responsive · seamless · swift
- giga- unitsgigaton, gigajoule, gigavolt, gigapascal
- broadband networksfiber optics, fiber, cable internet, cable, DSL
- Home Networkrouter, modem, Wi-Fi, ethernet, wireless router
- Internet Speedsbroadband, dial-up, DSL, fiber, 3G
- Data Unitsbyte, kilobyte, megabyte, terabyte, petabyte
- Bandwidthbandwidth limit, bitrate, bits per second, bps, data rate