There is a standard for these kinds of things, the IEC-80000 part 13 defines quantities related to information science and technology. The one that is closest t

There is a standard for these kinds of things, the IEC-80000 part 13 defines quantities related to information science and technology. The one that is closest to request rate is probably "call intensity / calling rate". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_80000#Part_13:_Information_science_and_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_80000#Part_13:_Informa... This standard doesn't get much use. Mateusz Pusz, author of the C++ library mp-units, recently discovered it and has incorporated it into v2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0rXdJfXLZc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0rXdJfXLZc