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Gbps
Last modified: Friday, January 24, 2003
(1) When spelled Gbps, short for Gigabits per second, a data transfer speed measurement for high-speed networks such as Gigabit Ethernet. When used to describe data transfer rates, a gigabit equals 1,000,000,000 bits.
(2) When spelled GBps, short for Gigabytesper second.
