gigabits per second
<unit> (Gbps) A unit of information transfer rate equal to one billion
bits per second. Note that, while a gigabit is defined as a power of two (2^30
bits), a gigabit per second is defined as a power of ten (10^9 bits per second,
which is slightly less) than 2^30).
(2004-02-10)
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