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Gbps (billions of bits per second)

Part of the Data transmission glossary:

Gbps stands for billions of bits per second and is a measure of bandwidth on a digital data transmission medium such as optical fiber . With slower media and protocols, bandwidth may be in the Mbps (millions of bits or megabits per second) or the Kbps (thousands of bits or kilobits per second) range.

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