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Data is send serially over a fiber or copper line, bit by bit, not per byte. Also because bytes can be compressed, bits cannot, so giving the throughput in bits
by LeonM 11y ago
Data is send serially over a fiber or copper line, bit by bit, not per byte. Also because bytes can be compressed, bits cannot, so giving the throughput in bits-per-second is an absolute value.
- rottyguy 11y agoBytes can be compressed in sequence not in singularity (just as bits). I mean why don't we measure storage in bits and not bytes? Just seems unnecessarily confusing.
- userbinator 11y agoActually, memory chips (NAND flash, DRAM) are usually specified in terms of bits, usually using a lowercase 'b' to denote 'bit'. Online sellers have used this to their advantage, selling e.g. "1Gb" flash drives, with real 1 gigabit flash chips, which turn out to be ~128 megabytes.
- Dylan16807 11y agoOr 120 megabytes.