KBPS or Kb/s is known as the acronym “kilobit per second“. It is a unit of measure that is used on the internet or other devices to measure the speed of information transfer through a network or telecommunication line.
As such, the kpbs is a unit of measurement normally used to measure in bits per unit of time, that is, to indicate the amount of bits that are transmitted to each second.
The kilobit is a unit that belongs to the International Unit System that is equivalent to sending or receiving 1000 bits per second.
Finally, the term “bit” is a contraction of the English expression “binary digit”, which in Spanish means “binary digit”.
Bit and Byte
First, it is important not to confuse KB with Kb, since the “B” in uppercase means “bytes”, and “b” in lowercase “means bits”.
In consideration of the above, bit is the smallest unit of information, it is generally used to measure the transmission of data between devices. For its part, byte is used to designate the memory capacity of a device.
It is important to note that in the binary code (base 2) one byte is equivalent to a set of 8 bits (1byte = 8 bits), and one kilobyte is equal to 1024 bytes (1KB = 1024 bytes). Also, with respect to data transfer rate 1 kpbs is equivalent to 1000 bits.
MBPS
Mbps or Mbit/s stands for “Megabits Per Second“. It is a unit of data transmission equivalent to 1,000 kilobits per second or 1,000,000 bits.
As such, Mbps is a data transfer rate used in serial communications and measures the amount of megabits that is transferred per second.
For example, Mbps or Mbit / s are used to measure the speed of a connection, such as the internet, Wi-Fi networks, or to measure video quality.
Cases in which we can use this expression would be: a VHS is 2 Mbps, a DVD is 8 Mbps, an HDTV is 55 Mbps, it all depends on the electronic device that is used.
Mbps and MB/s
The megabyte is another unit of data transmission that corresponds to a flow rate that is 8 times that of the megabit per second.
In relation to this point, it is important to calculate the transfer rate given in Mbps to MB/s, and vice versa, since many companies, especially those of connections, offer megabit per second (Mbps), and not the usual unit megabyte per second (MB/s), accordingly:
- From Mbps to MB/s, it consists of dividing the value by 8.
- From MB/s to Mbps, lies in multiplying the value by 8.
For example: 100 Mbps equals 12.5 MB/s.
Mbps and Kbps
The kilobit per second is a unit of data transmission. It is used in computer science and telecommunications to measure the speed of information transfer through a network. Mbps equals 1,000 Kbps. For example: 8 Mbps is 8,000 Kbps.
Mbps and GB
Gigabit is a unit of measurement that is used to measure the amount of data transmitted in a given period. For its part, the Mbps refers to the speed of data transfer.
