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transmission speed

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: transmission speed
(tranz′mish·ən ′spēd)

(communications) The number of information elements sent per unit time; usually expressed as bits, characters, bands, word groups, or records per second or per minute.


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The rate at which data are moved across a communications channel. Following are the transmission speeds of common LAN and WAN technologies. See bandwidth.

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