Bit per second (bit/s)
One bit transferred every second.
What is a bit per second?
- Symbol
- bit/s
- Quantity
- Data Transfer
- Unit system
- other
- Definition
- One bit transferred every second.
- Exact
- Yes, the value is exact by definition
- Source
- IEC 80000-13:2008, Quantities and units: Information science and technology
Common applications
The base unit of data rate, used for serial links and slow sensor or radio connections.
Bit per second in other data transfer units
- 1 bit/s = 0.001 kbit/sKilobit per second
- 1 bit/s = 0.000001 Mbit/sMegabit per second
- 1 bit/s = 1e-9 Gbit/sGigabit per second
- 1 bit/s = 1e-12 Tbit/sTerabit per second
- 1 bit/s = 0.125 B/sByte per second
- 1 bit/s = 0.000125 kB/sKilobyte per second
- 1 bit/s = 1.25e-7 MB/sMegabyte per second
- 1 bit/s = 1.25e-10 GB/sGigabyte per second
- 1 bit/s = 0.0001220703125 KiB/sKibibyte per second
- 1 bit/s = 1.1920928955078125e-7 MiB/sMebibyte per second
- 1 bit/s ≈ 1.164153218e-10 GiB/sGibibyte per second
Bit per second quick reference
| Bit per second | Megabit per second | Megabyte per second | Kilobit per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bit/s | = 0.000001 Mbit/s | = 1.25e-7 MB/s | = 0.001 kbit/s |
| 10 bit/s | = 0.00001 Mbit/s | = 0.00000125 MB/s | = 0.01 kbit/s |
| 100 bit/s | = 0.0001 Mbit/s | = 0.0000125 MB/s | = 0.1 kbit/s |
| 1000 bit/s | = 0.001 Mbit/s | = 0.000125 MB/s | = 1 kbit/s |
Where the bit per second fits
The next larger data transfer unit is the byte per second (B/s). 1 bit/s = 0.125 B/s, and 1 B/s = 8 bit/s.
Frequently asked questions
- How many megabits per second are in one bit per second?
- One bit per second = 0.000001 Mbit/s (megabits per second).
- How many megabytes per second are in one bit per second?
- One bit per second = 1.25e-7 MB/s (megabytes per second).
- How many kilobits per second are in one bit per second?
- One bit per second = 0.001 kbit/s (kilobits per second).