Gigabit
A gigabit in data communication means one billion bits.
Gigabit is a data communication term which means one billion bits. It is used particularly for measuring the data amount transferred in a second in between two points of telecommunication. The usual short term for Gigabits per second is Gbps.
There are some sources that define a gigabit as 1,073,741,824 bits. A bit anyway is a binary number system unit but in data communications, bits are separate signal pulses which can be counted with the use of the decimal number system.
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