the.com/data transfer
moving bits from one place to another, and praying they arrive intact.
means the process of copying or moving digital information between devices, storage, or networks.
from emerged with early computing and telecommunication systems, formalized as bandwidth and protocols became bottlenecks worth naming and taxing.
caps existisps often meter it like electricity.
speed unitmeasured in bits, not bytes, confusingly.
physical limitlight speed still bottlenecks global transfers.
sneakernet winsshipping hard drives can beat internet speed.