COMPUTER NETWORKING

PHYSICAL LAYER AND TRANSMISSION MEDIA

TRANSMISSION MEDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Amount of data that can be transmitted per second. Measured in Bits Per Second.
A
Bandwidth
B
Protocols
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Typically, bandwidth is represented in the number of bits, kilobits, megabits or gigabits that can be transmitted in 1 second. Synonymous with capacity, bandwidth describes data transfer rate. Bandwidth is not a measure of network speed–a common misconception.

Detailed explanation-2: -As to why we measure internet speed in bits even though the internet delivers bytes of data, it is because the internet delivers those bytes of data as single bits at a time.

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