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  BPS

bps - Bits Per Second

A measurement used by modems and communication ports to measure transfer speeds, the higher the bps the more data can be transmitted through the device/line. If you want to know the capacity in bytes then you would simply divide the bps by 8, For example if you have a modem stating 56Kbs (57344 bits a second) then 57344/8 gives 7168 (around 7 kilobytes per second), at least in theory.
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