Gbps

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  1. 1
    gigabits per second, a measure of data transfer rate equal to 1,000 megabits per second.

    "We measure bandwidth by Gbps."

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"Using infrared lasers, LCRD will send data to Earth from geosynchronous orbit at 1.2 gigabits-per-second (Gbps). At this speed and distance, you could download a movie in under a minute."

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