Data
transfer rate is the rate that a certain amount of data is transferred
over a given period in time. An example would be when you download
something online. While downloading you see the progress bar and the
Data Transfer rate (e.i. Kilobytes per second KB/s).
One
way this can be done is by a simple equation using how much data has
been transferred and how long it took in total to transfer that data.
The equation is: "DATA TRANSFERRED" divided by "TIME TAKEN"
NOTE:
DATA TRANSFERRED may be in the form of a variety of measurement e.i.
KB, MB,GB,TB etc... AS well as that, the same applies to the TIME TAKEN
e.i. milli-seconds, seconds, minutes, hours etc...
EXAMPLE: You transfer 25 Mega Bytes (MB) of data in 2 minutes.
Steps

1. To get KB/s you must first convert Mega Bytes to Kilo Bytes. Since a Mega byte is roughly 1000 Kilobytes we will multiply it by 1000. We get 25,000 Kilobytes.

2. Convert minutes into seconds. Since a minute is 60 seconds we know that 2 minutes is 120 seconds (2x60=120).

3. Divide Kilo Bytes by Seconds to get the rate. 25,000/120=208.3. We'll round it too 210. So now we have a rate of 210 KB/s.
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