data transfer rate

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data transfer rate - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  data transfer rate
  
     <communications> (Or "throughput") The ammount of data
     transferred in one direction over a link divided by the time
     taken to transfer it, usually expressed in bits or bytes per
     second.
  
     Where data transfer is not continuous throughout the given
     time interval, the data transfer rate is thus an average rate
     that will be lower than the peak rate.  The peak or maximum
     possible rate may itself be lower than the capacity of the
     communication channel used if the channel is shared, or part
     of the signal is not considered as data, e.g. checksum or
     routing information.
  
     The other important characteristic of a channel is its
     latency.
  
     (2001-05-22)