Throughput
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What is Throughput?
Throughput is the actual amount of data successfully transferred over a network in a given period of time, as opposed to the theoretical maximum that bandwidth represents. While bandwidth is the capacity of a network link, throughput reflects real-world performance after accounting for packet loss, latency, and protocol overhead. It is also measured in bits per second.
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Throughput: common questions
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Is this Throughput tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 16 of 195 in the free Network Engineer roadmap, in stage 2, What are Networks?. If you are new to Network Engineer, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.