Data Transfer

Definition

The total amount of outbound traffic to a website*, usually measured in gigabytes (GB).

Information

* Email is generally excluded.

The difference between bandwidth and data transfer is confusing and worth mentioning.

Bandwidth is bandwidth and data transfer is the sum. For example, you can buy a bandwidth of 128 kbps for a maximum monthly data transfer of about 40 GB.

128 kbps	= bits	= bytes
per second	128000	16000
within a minute	7,680,000	960,000
on a	460.8 million	57,600,000
in one day	11,059,200,000	1,382,400,000
per month	331.776 million	41,472,000,000
divide by billion ~41 GB/month

Remark. Many hosts use the terms "bandwidth" and "data transfer" interchangeably and refer to the monthly data volume as bandwidth.

Literal Meanings of Data Transfer

Data:

Meanings of Data:

(plural: data) A measure of something on a scale that both the writer (person or device) and the reader (another person or device) can understand. The scale is arbitrary, such as 1 to 10 times one, 1 to 100 times 0.1, or just true or false, on or off, yes, no or maybe, etc.
(plural: data) A fact known by direct observation.
(plural: data) the starting point from which conclusions are drawn.
(plural: dates) A fixed reference point or coordinate system.

Transfer:

Meanings of Transfer:

The act of transporting or moving something from one place, person or thing to another.
The case of moving or transferring from one place, person or thing to another.
A structure that transfers heat through contact from one surface to another.
A soldier removed from one military detachment or formation and transferred to another.
Pathological process in which a unilateral disease state, after healing on one side of the body, occurs in a corresponding area on the other side.
The transport of genetic material from one cell to another.
A traditional auction where the partner is asked to bid on the next available suit.
Person transferring or being transferred from one club or team to another.
To move or move from one place, person or thing to another.
To transfer the impression (of something) from one surface to another.
Be or be transferred.
Having something officially owned or controlled by another person.