Abbreviation for characters per second Note: Formerly, abbreviation for cycles per second, the unit used to express frequency However, hertz, an SI unit, is the proper unit for frequency
Character Per Second - How fast a printer can print, or how fast a communication program can transmite information
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The cost an advertiser pays per sale This is a very common method of selling advertising You receive a credit for a sale when a web surfer clicks on one of the ads on your site and ends up buying something from your advertiser's site A sale does not always occur directly after the click as most advertisers will have a certain time during which both the sale and click thru must occur in order to receive credit This time period is often called the 'cookie duration' The revenue you receive for CPS programs tends to be a fixed percentage of the overall sale This is not always the case as many pay a fixed dollar amount per sale
Characters per second, used in expressing the speed of transferring digital data
Characters Per Second A transfer rate estimated from the bit rate and length of each character If each character is 8 bits long and includes a start and stop bit for Asynchronous transmission, each character needs 10 bits to be sent At 2400 baud it is transmitted at approximately 240 CPS