entropy, selective information, information - (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"

system of measurement, metric - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic

bandwidth - a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel

baud, baud rate - (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems