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bps

bps noun: baud rate. Also the initialism of bit per second.

Noun (1)

bps (plural bps)

  1. (informal) baud rate
    • In most digital systems using binary code, 1 Baud = 1 bps. https://newhavendisplay.com/blog/baud-rate/#difference

Noun (2) capitalized: BPS

BPS (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of bisphenol S.
    • Most major U.S. retailers began replacing BPA with BPS about a decade ago. One 2023 study of 571 paper receipts collected from 24 states concluded that just one percent of those receipts contained BPA — whereas 85 percent contained BPS.2025 June 24, Isobel Whitcomb, “I’ve Heard Receipts Are Toxic. Is It Safe to Touch Them?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2025
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of bladder pain syndrome.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of battered person syndrome.

Proper noun capitalized: BPS

BPS

  1. (Pakistan, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Basic Pay Scale (followed by a number to denote a pay grade.)

Noun (3) capitalized: BPs

BPs

  1. (plural) plural of BP

Noun (4) capitalized: Bps

Bps (plural Bps)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of byte per second.
    Synonyms:
    B/s

Also used as

bps is also the initialism of bit per second.

bps is also the initialism of basis point.

Synonyms of bps

Forms of bps

pluralbps
pluralBps

Questions about bps

What does bps mean?
Bps means baud rate.
What part of speech is bps?
Bps can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bps?
The plural of bps is bps.

Words near bps in the dictionary

  1. BPON
  2. BPOs
  3. bpp
  4. BPPV
  5. BPR
  6. bps
  7. BPSD
  8. BPSS
  9. bpt
  10. bpt.
  11. BPV

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