DATA RATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does data rate mean? 

• DATA RATE (noun)
  The noun DATA RATE has 1 sense:

1. the rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information

  Familiarity information: DATA RATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DATA RATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("data rate" is a kind of...):

rate (a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "data rate"):

channel capacity (the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given channel)