| Subject | English | German |
| meas.inst. | bit per second | Bit je Sekunde (unit of information density; 1 bit/s = 1 Bd) |
| comp. | bits per second | Bit/s |
| telecom. | bits per second | Bit/s (Maßeinheit für die Übertragungsgeschwindigkeit) |
| IT | bits per second | bits |
| gen. | bits per second BPS | Bits pro Sekunde (Übertragungsrate) |
| IT | bits per second | Bits pro Sekunde |
| polygr. | bits per second | Bits pro Sekunde (bps) |
| comp. | bits per second | Bits je Sekunde |
| microel. | second most significant bit | Bit mit zweithöchster Wertigkeit |