就一条电话线路而言,即使在通话最忙的时候,传输的信息流也不会超过每秒2400比特(借用计算机用语)。但计算机通话则全然不同:它们之间的通话则无法预知:片刻平静、无声,突然通过电话线的信息量如大堤决口,喷涌而出。近年来,有些计算机已开始通话,传递的信息量每秒可达1.34亿比特。 In the case of a telephone line, the flow of information transmitted does not exceed 2400 bits per second (borrowing the computer language) even when the call is busy. But computer calls are totally different: the conversation between them is unpredictable: a moment of quiet, silent, and suddenly the amount of information over the phone lines, such as the dyke burst, spewing out. In recent years, some computers have begun to talk, the amount of information transmitted up to 134 million bits per second.