In computer technology,
transfers per second and its more common derivatives
gigatransfers per second (abbreviated GT/s) and
megatransfers per second (MT/s) are informal language that refer to the number of operations transferring data that occur in each second in some given
data-transfer channel. It is also known as
sample rate, i.e. the number of data samples captured per second, each sample normally occurring at the clock edge. The terms are neutral with respect to the method of physically accomplishing each such data-transfer operation; nevertheless, they are most commonly used in the context of transmission of digital data. 1 MT/s is 10
6 or one million transfers per second; similarly, 1 GT/s means 10
9, or equivalently in the US/
short scale, one
billion transfers per second.