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Bit interval

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006798

The duration of time allocated for the transmission of a single binary digit, or bit, in a digital communication system. It is the reciprocal of the bit rate, indicating how long each bit occupies the transmission medium. For example, a system with a bit rate of 1 megabit per second has a bit interval of 1 microsecond.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006798
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectElectrical engineering
TranslationsGerman: Bitintervall; Spanish: intervalo de bit; French: intervalle de bit
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006798",
  "term": "Bit interval",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The duration of time allocated for the transmission of a single binary digit, or bit, in a digital communication system. It is the reciprocal of the bit rate, indicating how long each bit occupies the transmission medium. For example, a system with a bit rate of 1 megabit per second has a bit interval of 1 microsecond.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Bitintervall",
    "es": "intervalo de bit",
    "fr": "intervalle de bit"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/bit-interval/"
}

Record 629 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.