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bit rate

British

noun

computing the rate of flow of binary digits in a digital data-processing system, usually expressed as the number of bits per second

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There’s still some compression being applied; CD-quality music typically has a sample bit rate of 1.4Mbps.

From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2021

In environments with a lot of wireless congestion, the bit rate will dynamically scale down as low as 140kbps to maintain the best audio performance based on connection quality.

From The Verge • Sep. 1, 2021

But the bit rate of the Chinese experiment was too low for practical communications: the researchers detected only one entangled pair out of six million.

From Scientific American • May 25, 2018

And unlike competitors, Apple appears to be offering the same bit rate for both free and paid accounts.

From Forbes • Sep. 24, 2013

For this set, the original recordings have been compressed at a bit rate of 320 kbps.

From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2013

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