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DATA TRANSFER RATE [2 records]

Record 1 2023-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

The average number of [data units] transferred per unit of time between two points.

OBS

Examples of data units are bits, bytes, characters, words, blocks, and frames.

OBS

actual transfer rate; transfer rate: designations standardized by ISO in collaboration with the International Electrotechnical Commission and by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Nombre moyen [d'unités de données transférées] entre deux points pendant une unité de temps donnée.

OBS

Parmi les unités de données, on compte les bits, les octets, les caractères, les mots, les blocs et les trames.

OBS

cadence brute de transfert; débit de transfert; vitesse réelle de transfert : désignations normalisées par l'ISO en collaboration avec la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

OBS

débit de transfert; vitesse de transfert : désignations normalisées par l'Association canadienne de normalisation (CSA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
DEF

Número de bits o bytes que pueden transferirse, entre dos dispositivos de equipo físico, en un lapso establecido de tiempo (por lo general un segundo).

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Record 2 - external organization data 2009-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
01.02.11 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

average number of bits, characters, or blocks transferred per unit time between two points [ISO/IEC 2382-9, 09.05.21]

OBS

The rate at which data is communicated between transponder and the reader/interrogator.

OBS

Typical units are bits per second or bytes per second.

OBS

data transfer rate: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-1:2008].

French

Spanish

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