Glossary
Useful terms and words related to the internet and related services:
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BPS
Bits Per Second - a measurement of the volume of data that a modem is capable of transmitting. Typical modem speeds today are 56K bps (57,000 bits per second). ADSL offers transfer rates of 512K bps and beyond.
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