I'm a little confused by the two terms. What do data rate and data volume mean and what are the differences?
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asked Oct 19, 2015 at 13:19
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1\$\begingroup\$ Try google - was does it tell you? A little basic research isn't too hard. Google is your friend. \$\endgroup\$– Andy akaCommented Oct 19, 2015 at 13:33
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\$\begingroup\$ Data volume = data rate * time. \$\endgroup\$– user16324Commented Oct 19, 2015 at 15:26
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Data Rate means the amount of Data per time unit. For example 100 Mega Bytes of data per 1 second of time or 800mbps (Mega Bit per second assuming each byte is 8 bits).
Data Volume means total amount of dada. for example 1 DVD can accomodate total of 4 or 8 Giga Byte data.
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Data rate is a troughput like a stream of water, the unit is bits per seconds, Kbps, Mbps, Gbps... with a lower case b
A volume is more like a stock, a pool or lake full of water. Unit is byte (8 bits) KB, MB, GB... with an uppercase B
