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Units and Multipliers

Units

Attribute Unit Symbol Description
Frequency Hertz Hz Cycles per Second
Time Seconds S
Data Unit Bit b Binary Digit.
This is a DIGITAL Unit..
Data Storage Unit Byte B Eight Bits.
This is a DIGITAL Unit.
Data Transmission Rate Bits per Second b/S This is a DIGITAL Unit.
Modulation Rate Baud B Rate of change of the Carrier.
This is an ANALOGUE unit.
BandwidthHertz Hz In an ANALOGUE transmission system, the difference between the highest and the lowest frequency that the medium with carry.
This is an ANALOGUE unit.

Multipliers

Multiple Unit Symbol Description
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 Exa E
1,000,000,000,000,000 Peta P
1,000,000,000,000 Tera T
1,000,000,000 Giga G
1,000,000 Mega M
1,024 Kilo K Binary Thousand
1,000 kilo k Decimal Thousand
0.001 milli m
0.000001 micro µ
0.000000001 nano n
0.000000000001 pica p
0.000000000000001 femto f
0.000000000000000001 atto a

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