Definition: | quotient of the number of digits transferred in a time interval, by the duration of this time interval
Note 1 to entry: The term "digit rate" can be qualified, for example: "binary digit rate", "ternary digit rate", "n-ary digit rate" when the number of significant conditions is respectively two, three, n.
Note 2 to entry: The term "digit rate" should not be used to express the transmission rate of a line signal) for which the appropriate term is "line digit rate".
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