User`s manual

U.S. Robotics I-modem Command Reference
Glossary • Page G-7
bit
See binary digit.
bit-mapping
A technique that lets one decimal number (in this case, a number between 0 and 255)
stand for up to eight separate binary settings.
bit rate
The number of binary digits, or bits, transmitted per second (bps). Communications chan-
nels using telephone channel modems are established at set bit rates, commonly 300,
1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14400, and 28800.
bps
The bits (binary digits) per second rate.
BRI
See Basic Rate Interface.