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A megabit per second (abbreviated as '''Mbps''', '''Mbit/s''', or '''mbps''') is a Unit of Data Transfer Rate s equal to 1,000,000 Bits Per Second (this equals about 976 Kilobits Per Second ). Because there are 8 bits in a Byte , a transfer speed of 8 megabits per second (8 Mbps) is equivalent to 1,000,000 '''bytes''' per second (approximately 976 KiB/s). USAGE EXAMPLES The Bandwidth of consumer Broadband Internet services is often rated in Mbps. Data streams representing Compressed Video are often measured in Mbit/s: More specific examples found on standard Comcast digital streams (transmitted in MPEG2 format):
Another example, Network Card s and Cable s are typically available in 10/100/1000 Mbit/s. This means they can support a transfer rate of 10 or 100 or 1000 Mbit/s. INTERFACE AND DEVICE SPEEDS SEE ALSO
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