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Mbps
Last modified: Friday, January 24, 2003
(1) When spelled Mbps, short for megabitsper second, a measure of data transfer speed (a megabit is equal to one million bits). Network transmissions, for example, are generally measured in Mbps.
(2) When spelled MBps, short for megabytesper second.
