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OT: baud rate; modem speed; nomenclature?
Posted by Mark N. on August 20th, 2003


If I want to write the speed of a modem and its maximum speed is 28.8 kbps,
what is the proper way to write it? I've seen it written in all sorts of
ways:

28.8K (no space)
28.8 K (space)
28.8Kbps (no space)
28.8 Kbps (space)

Any I'm missing?

What is the correct way to write this? Please help me.

Thanks,
Mark


Posted by Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP on August 20th, 2003


Technically, capital "B" is bytes, lowercase "b" is bits. If I remember
correctly, the modem transfer rate (BTW, baud is no longer technically
correct for any modem over 14.4, I think) should be KBps. The only
thing that is typically rated in bits, are network speeds.

A 10/100 Mb network card can run at 10 or 100 Megabits per second, not
Megabytes. SCSI bus speeds are rated at Megabytes.

"Mark N." wrote:
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Ricardo M. Urbano
Microsoft Windows 2000/NT MVP

Posted by Mark N. on August 22nd, 2003



Thank you very much!

Mark




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