

Bit rate, bandwidth, & latency
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Computers
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9th - 12th Grade
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Lindsey Justice
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14 Slides • 12 Questions
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Bit rate, bandwidth, & latency

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Multiple Choice
A computer network is a system of:
two or more computing devices connected to one another
Data transfer and information storage
Sharing devices like scanners
A whole lot of individual machines working on their own
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Multiple Choice
The single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1.
bit
binary
latency
bandwidth
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Multiple Choice
_________ is a way of representing information using only 2 options.
Bit
Binary
Bit rate
Bandwidth
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Multiple Choice
How many more numbers can be represented with 5 bits as opposed to 4?
5 times as many
10 times as many
Twice as many
4 times as many
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Multiple Choice
Megabits per second (Mbps) refers to a speed of ....
a million bits per second
a hundred bits per second
a thousand bits per second
a thousand million bits per second
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Multiple Choice
How many bits are represented by 1 gigabit unit?
1 thousand
1 million
1 billion
1 trillion
1 quadrillion
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megabit vs. megabyte
1 megabyte = 8 megabits.
Megabits per second (mbps) are generally used to describe the speed of an Internet connection, whereas megabytes (MB) usually refer to the size of a file or storage space.
One megabit per second is slow but usable broadband Internet. Five to ten web pages, one minute of music, or a half a minute of video is about one megabyte of data.
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Multiple Choice
Let’s say your network upload speed is 8 Mbps (megabits per second). Then what is the absolute most you can upload from your hard drive per second?
8 megabytes
16 megabytes
1 megabyte
32 megabytes
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Multiple Choice
When I was a kid, our Internet connection had a bandwidth of 56 Kbps (kilobits per second). How many bits per second could that transfer?
560 bits per second
5,600 bits per second
56,000 bits per second
560,000 bits per second
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Multiple Choice
The "bit rate" measures ....
the server speed
the cable speed
the network speed
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Multiple Choice
The capacity of data transfer in a system.
Bandwidth
Bitrate
Latency
Network
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Multiple Choice
The time it takes for a bit to get from sender to receiver.
Network
Latency
Bandwidth
Bitrate
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Open Ended
What is one concept that you will take away from today's lesson? Something that interested or surprised you about the Internet?
Bit rate, bandwidth, & latency

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