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=== Transmission and processing === Bits are transmitted one at a time in [[serial transmission]]. By contrast, multiple bits are transmitted simultaneously in a [[parallel transmission]]. A [[serial computer]] processes information in either a bit-serial or a byte-serial fashion. From the standpoint of data communications, a byte-serial transmission is an 8-way parallel transmission with binary signalling. In programming languages such as [[C (programming language)|C]], a [[bitwise operation]] operates on binary strings as though they are vectors of bits, rather than interpreting them as [[binary number]]s. Data transfer rates are usually measured in decimal SI multiples. For example, a [[channel capacity]] may be specified as 8 kbit/s = 1 kB/s.
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