The amount of data actually transferred or processed in a specified amount of time, generally measured in bits per second (bps). Throughput is ususally less than the digital bandwidth because various factors, such as other users on the LAN and the type of data being transferred, can cause inefficiency in the data transfer.
"The amount of data transferred from one place to another or processed in a specified amount of time. Data transfer rates for disk drives and networks are measured in terms of throughput. Typically, throughputs are measured in kbps, Mbps and Gbps."
"The number of useful data bits transmitted each second by a modem or processed by a CPU (central processing unit), usually measured in bps (bits per second). Throughput speed often is higher than data transfer speed because of file compression. For example, if a 10KB (kilobyte) file is compressed to 5KB and then transmitted through a modem in one second, the data transfer speed is 5KBps (kilobytes per second) and the throughput speed is 10KBps."
Video explaining the difference between bandwidth and throughput:
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Amanda Runyon said
at 6:00 pm on May 22, 2008
I added a YouTube video that I found about the difference between throughput and bandwidth.
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