"In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (sometimes written bitrate or as a variable R) is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time.The bit rate is quantified using the bits per second unit (symbol: \"bit/s\"), often in conjunction with an SI prefix such as \"kilo\" (1 kbit/s = 1000 bit/s), \"mega\" (1 Mbit/s = 1000 kbit/s), \"giga\" (1 Gbit/s = 1000 Mbit/s) or \"tera\" (1 Tbit/s = 1000 Gbit/s)."@en .