TERMS TO KNOW

Bits: The smallest digital signal, either on (1) or off (0). The code used for the early telegraph transmission could be thought of as bits of information.

Bytes: A collection of 8 bits, which in combination can form 256 possible symbols. The approximately 12,000 letters in the text of this article can be encoded as about 12,000 bytes.

Mbps, Gbps: Data transmission speed measurements of bits per second. Megabits are a million bits, and gigabits, a billion bits. Multiply by 8 to get a measurement in bytes per second.

MB/s, GB/s: Data transmission speed measurements of bytes per second. Megabytes are a million bytes, and gigabytes, a billion bytes.

GSM (Global System for Mobile communication):

A 2G digital network common in Asia, including text messages within the signal DGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution): A speed upgrade for 2G

CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access): 2G and 3G networks more commonly used in North America.

LTE (Long Term Evolution): Highspeed 3G networks, sometimes referred to as 3.9G, are close to 4G standards