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minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoIt is pretty confusing that we refer to the volume of data as speed in networks.
minus-squarethe_tab_key@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 months agoWe don’t. The measure is bits/s, which is a speed because it’s measured relative to time. 1 TB is a volume/amount, 1TB/s is a speed.
It is pretty confusing that we refer to the volume of data as speed in networks.
We don’t. The measure is bits/s, which is a speed because it’s measured relative to time. 1 TB is a volume/amount, 1TB/s is a speed.