Zia Mazhar wrote:
>
> Taupter wrote:
>
> >
> > The term Kbps to represent data transfer speed in bits is absolutely
> > wrong, as bit is "bit", and Kbps is K (1000 or 1024) * byte * p (?) * s
> > (second). The right way could be Kbit/s. The term Kbps is widely used,
> > but it not a "canonical" representation.
> >
>
> Are you _sure_ that the term kbps used for transfer rate is wrong? I don't think
> so. If you take them as k*b*p(?)*s then why not mph [miles per hour] is m*p(?)*s.
> You can take the "p" as 1/x. Here x is s, so - kbps and kbit/s means the same.
> That's the idea that I get. Any comments?
mph is wrong too :-)
some also use kph for km/h
and ksps ( kilo samples per second )
those ( including kbps ) are all "unofficial" as far as I can tell.
P.S.: "p" stands obviously for "per" , which means (more-or-less) the
same as "/"
david balazic
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