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Data rate
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Achieved rate
Bit rate
, the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time
Data signaling rate
or gross bit rate, a bit rate that includes protocol overhead
Symbol rate
or baud rate, the number of symbol changes, waveform changes, or signaling events across the transmission medium per unit of time
Data-rate units
, measures of the bit rate or baud rate of a link
Data transfer rate (disk drive)
, a data rate specific to disk drive operations
Throughput
, the rate of successful message delivery, or level of bandwidth consumption
Transfers per second
Capacity
Bandwidth (computing)
, the maximum rate of data transfer across a given path
Channel capacity
, an information-theoretic upper bound on the rate at which data can be reliably transmitted, given noise on a channel