Kibibit per second
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| Bit rates | ||
|---|---|---|
| Decimal prefixes (SI) | ||
| Name | Symbol | Multiple |
| kilobit per second | kbit/s | 103 |
| megabit per second | Mbit/s | 106 |
| gigabit per second | Gbit/s | 109 |
| terabit per second | Tbit/s | 1012 |
| Binary prefixes (IEC 60027-2) |
||
| kibibit per second | Kibit/s | 210 |
| mebibit per second | Mibit/s | 220 |
| gibibit per second | Gibit/s | 230 |
| tebibit per second | Tibit/s | 240 |
A kibibit per second (Kibit/s) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to 1,024 bits per second.
[edit] Related units
Another unit of data transmission is the kibibyte per second (Kibyte/s or KiB/s) which is 1,024 bytes per second. This is not necessarily exactly one eighth of a Kibit/s because the bit rate may include framing bits (see kilobit per second).
One kibibit per second should not be confused with one kilobit per second:
- 103 bit/s = 1,000 bit/s = 1 kbit/s (one kilobit or one thousand bits per second)
- 210 bit/s = 1,024 bit/s = 1 Kibit/s (one kibibit per second)
