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What do words Mbps and Kbps stand for?

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Anthony Paul Bonadio

Anthony Paul Bonadio

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Anthony Paul Bonadio
Anthony Paul Bonadio, Teacher, MCA, PhD, Toledo

Answered May 23, 2019

Let me start with Kbps, it means kilobits per second which means 1000 bits per second. In computer, a bit is the smallest measurement of data. Kilobits per second is being used to measure the amount of data downloaded or transfered within a second. When you see 200 kbps, it means 200,000 bits of data can be downloaded or transfered within a second.

Let me start with Kbps, it means kilobits per second which means 1000 bits per second. In computer,
Always know that Kbps is the standard way to measure data transfer and the 'b' in Kbps should be in lower case otherwise you would be referring to byte and a byte is equal to 8 bits Mbps on the other hand means Megabits per second. The Mega that's attached to the bits indicates that we are talking about 1000 kilobits per second or one million bits. Mbps is used in measuring data transfer speeds of high bandwidth connections, e.g cable modems and Ethernet.

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M. Krasinski

M. Krasinski

M. Krasinski
M. Krasinski, Content Writer, Columbus

Answered May 07, 2019

KBPS stands for Kilobits per second. MPBS also stands for Megabits per second. One megabit is equal to 1,000 kilobits. It is evident that MBPS is faster than 1 KBPS. There are a lot of people who would like to have a fast internet connection because they can check out the different videos faster.

It can be frustrating when you are trying to upload some images on your social media account and you can barely upload even one image. When finding the right internet service provider, it is important that you will pick one that will provide the highest speed possible. This means that you will find it easier to do what you have to do online.

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Carice Snow

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Carice Snow
Carice Snow, Motivator, MA, California

Answered Apr 16, 2019

In the case of mbps this stands for megabytes or megabits per second. This abbreviation is a measurement tool, rather like putting lbs for pounds or mms for millimetres. In the case of kbps, you might guess from my answer for mbps, it merely stands for kilobytes or kilobits per second. Again, it is a measurement acronym.

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