The unit used to measure the speed (the baud rate) of serial data transmission, e.g. the transmission of data along a telephone line or the speed of serial transmission to a printer. Roughly equivalent to one bit per second.
Related terms
central processing unit (CPU)
processor speed
baud rate
bits per second (bps)
connection speed
serial data transmission
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Networks and communications technology
data transmission
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