Terabit per Second (Tbps)
A terabit per second is 10¹² bit/s, the scale of submarine cables, internet exchange points and large DDoS attacks.
Symbol: Tbps
Quantity: data transfer rate (bandwidth)
SI relation: 1 Tbps = 1000000000000 bps (exact)
Derivation: 1 Tbit/s = 10¹² bit/s.
Exact: yes, by definition
Typical uses
- Undersea fibre cables
- Internet backbone and exchange traffic
Convert terabits per second to other units
Open the Data Transfer Rate Converter to convert any value between all units.
Sources
- The International System of Units (SI), 9th edition (SI Brochure), Bureau International des Poids et Mesures , Table 7 (SI prefixes); hertz, Table 4.
Last reviewed: . Factors are stored exactly and computed with 50-digit decimal arithmetic. See how we verify conversion factors.
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