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=Strand 3: IT Systems=

Bit rate
Bitrate as the name implies is the rate at which bits are transferred from one location to another. In other words it measures how much data is transmitted in a certain amount of time. Bitrate is commonly measured in bits per second (bps), kilobits per second (KBps), or megabits per second (MBps). For example a digital subscriber line (DSL) connection may be able to download data at 768 KBps(in a devloped country), while a Firewire connection can transfer data up to 800 MBps (819,200KBps).