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Kb/s

English translation: kb/s

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Italian term or phrase:kb/s
English translation:kb/s
Entered by: David Russi

17:13 Jun 24, 2007
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology)
Italian term or phrase: Kb/s
(Kilobit per secondo). So che si dice mcr. (O solo in Canada?). Per cosa sta mcr? E come si dice invece KB/s, cioè kilobyte per secondo?
Valerio Valentini Daniele
Italy
Local time: 16:12
Kb/s
Explanation:
Si dice iguale... mai sentito "mcr." per Kb/s, mi pare che sie una nomenclatura internazionale
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David Russi
United States
Local time: 08:12
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grazie
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4Kb/s
David Russi
3mcr = minimum cell rate
Oliver Walter


  

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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Kb/s


Explanation:
Si dice iguale... mai sentito "mcr." per Kb/s, mi pare che sie una nomenclatura internazionale

David Russi
United States
Local time: 08:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28
Grading comment
grazie

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James (Jim) Davis: Never heard of mcr
19 mins
agree  Giovanni Pizzati (X)
28 mins
agree  Lapo Luchini: sia Kb/s che KB/s sono uguali... nota: in telecomunicazioni "K" sta per 1000 (come da SI) e non 1024 come spesso nell'informatica (anche se ora, ufficialmente, 1024 sarebbe Ki, kibibyte).
13 hrs
agree  Fabio Moriggi: Kb e KB non sono uguali... il primo indica kilobit, il secondo KiloByte ;) Kilobit per secondo = kbps; KiloByte per secondo = KB/s
20 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
mcr = minimum cell rate


Explanation:
This was more than one question. The answer to "Per cosa sta mcr?" is probably minimum cell rate: see the ref.
kb/s is kilobits per second
kB/s is kilobytes per second
These are sometimes confused as many people don't know when to use upper case and when lower case in unit symbols. Lower-case b for bit, upper-case B for byte because a Byte is bigger than a Bit. Lower-case k for kilo because there isn't a smaller multiple that also begins with "k" (in contrast to "m" for milli- and "M" for mega-).


    Reference: http://www.comsoc.org/dl/sample/ci1/Private/2001/Sep/kuri.ht...
Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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