| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bit error rate | Business | Deprecated term. See bit error ratio. (references) | |
| Bit error rate | Electrical Engineering | The ratio of the number of bits incorrectly received to the total number of bits sent. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bit error rate | Transportation | The ratio of incorrectly transmitted bits to correctly transmitted bits. (references) | |
| Bit error rate test | Electrical Engineering | A test to determine the percentage of received bits in error compared to the total number of bits received. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bit error rate tester | Electrical Engineering | A device for testing the reliability of a digital data communications link; generates specific data patterns that are routed through a communications device for comparison at the receiving end. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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