kilobit
Thousand digital bits
A kilobit is a unit of digital information equal to 1,000 bits, commonly used to measure data transfer speeds.
Internet connection speeds are typically expressed in kilobits per second (kbps), where a 56 kbps modem was once standard for dial-up connections.
In computing contexts, kilobit sometimes refers to 1,024 bits (2¹⁰), though the 1,000-bit definition prevails in telecommunications.
Processing rate over time
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- bitrateData transfer speed
- transfer rateData movement speed
- data rateInformation transfer speed
speed · download · upload · uplink · downlink · broadband · narrowband · connection speed
Digital-to-analog signal converter
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- ethernetWired networking standard
- DSLTelephone-line broadband service
- fiber-opticLight-carrying cable technology
wireless · dial-up · broadband · TCP/IP · packet · protocol · latency · ping
Million bits
- gigabitBillion bits of data
- terabitTrillion-bit data unit
- petabitQuadrillion-bit data unit
- kbpsData transfer speed measure
bps · byte · nibble · word · block · sector · metric prefix · binary prefix
Converting data to format
- decodingExtracting meaning from symbols
- codecData compression algorithm
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- bitstreamSequential binary data transmission
lossless · lossy · file size · reduction · encryption · streaming media · video quality · sampling rate
throughput
Processing rate over time
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- bitrateData transfer speed
- transfer rateData movement speed
data rate · speed · download · upload · uplink · downlink · broadband · narrowband · connection speed · network speed
modem
Digital-to-analog signal converter
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- ethernetWired networking standard
- DSLTelephone-line broadband service
fiber-optic · wireless · dial-up · broadband · TCP/IP · packet · protocol · latency · ping · carrier
megabit
Million bits
kbps · bps · byte · nibble · word · block · sector · metric prefix · binary prefix
encoding
Converting data to format
- decodingExtracting meaning from symbols
- codecData compression algorithm
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
bitstream · lossless · lossy · file size · reduction · encryption · streaming media · video quality · sampling rate · data transfer