Bits Per Inch (Noun)
Meaning
A measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The old cassette tape had a relatively low bits per inch compared to modern digital storage devices.
- Researchers have managed to increase the bits per inch of hard drive storage in recent years.
- The manufacturer's goal was to increase the bits per inch in their new line of magnetic recording tapes.
- In the 1990s, computer storage systems typically had around 100 bits per inch on floppy disks.
- The higher bits per inch of new solid state drives give them an edge in data transfer speed over traditional hard drives.