A download is any activity that transfers data to your computer from another one. Viewing a web page is downloading, because all the words, pictures and links on that page have to be transferred to yo [..]

Or delay refers to how much time it takes for data to get from one designated point to another.

ATM is a standardised digital data transmission technology.

A 'bit' is a basic unit of information in computing, essentially a '1' or '0'. Bits per second (bps) is a common measure for data transmission speed. The speed in bps is [..]

Broadband is a term used to refer to 'always on' high speed Internet. In the past, broadband services and technologies were defined in terms of a capability to transfer information at higher [..]

A unit of storage measurement - a byte is made up of 8 bits. All information is stored as bits and bytes, which determine the size of the document, picture, video clip etc that you may wish to downloa [..]

A common method of networking computers in a local area network (LAN) using a variety of forms of cabling. Ethernet supports retail service provider (RSP) service differentiation as a result of a ubiq [..]

An organisation that offers access to the Internet to its customer.

Bits per second (bps) is a common measure for data transmission speed. The speed in bps is equal to the number of bits transmitted or received each second. kbps is kilobits per second is one thousand [..]

Megabyte is the term used to describe a unit of data. Most Internet access plans operate on an allowance of data being downloaded and/or uploaded. This allowance is usually measured in MB or GB (Gigab [..]