Data Transfer Rate Units

Data Transfer Rate is measured as multiples of unit bits per second (bit/s) or as bytes per second (B/s). The transfer rates shown on the dashboard and in other places are measured as decimal multiples of bits. The following table shows the units of data transfer:

Table 1: Decimal Multiple of Data Transfer Rate in Bits

Data Rate	Symbol	Rate
Kilobit per second	kbps	1000 bits per second
Megabit per second	Mbps	1,000,000 bits per second
Gigabit per second	Gbps	1,000,000,000 bits per second

Note:  8 kilobits = 1 kilobyte

Table 2: Decimal Multiple of Data Transfer Rate in Bytes

Data Rate	Symbol	Rate
Kilobyte per second	kBps	8000 bits per second
Megabyte per second	MBps	8,000,000 bits per second
Gigabyte per second	GBps	8,000,000,000 bits per second
Terabyte per second	TBps	8,000,000,000,000 bits per second