### rate:

Data rate
* are rates.
+ Bluetooth: Computer protocols :: Computer networking
  * There are different standards. Data rates vary. Currently, they are at 1-3 MBit per second. Typical Bluetooth applications are to connect a headset to a mobile phone, or to connect a computer mouse, keyboard or printer.

### rate | data rate:

Channel capacity
* data rate
* is the maximum number of channels that a cable system can carry simultaneously.

Death rate
* are higher among persons with less education
  - for blacks than for whites, especially among men
  - in males and increase as people age
  - highest in older adults, men and blacks
  - very high in the days and months after feeding tubes are placed
* is the probability of dying per one organism.
* rises as population density rises.
* varies with age.
* vary according to age
  - in different countries

Dose rate
* is energy absorbed per unit mass per unit time
  - the dose of radiation per unit time
* rise gradually as soil dries out.

Employment rate
* refer to women of working age.
* vary greatly between types of disability.

Error rate
* is the percentage of words the product misinterprets.
* measure the errors participants make when performing tasks in a given amount of time
  - percent of claims processed which contain payment errors
+ Genetics, Tools of Genetics, Mutations: History of science
  * Error rates are a thousandfold higher in many viruses. Because they rely on DNA and RNA polymerases which lack proofreading ability, they get higher mutation rates.

### rate:

Exchange rate
* Exchange Rates Find the exchange rates of currency around the globe.
* are located in newspapers
  - market rates
  - median daily values based on monitored interbank market exchange rates
  - one of the main factors considered by companies contemplating inward investment
* can be major determinants of fair or unfair trade.
* deal with the value of one currency in terms of another.
* do have some impact on trade performance.
* is calculated at time of transfer.
* is expressed as foreign currency per one U.S. dollar
  - local currency per foreign currency
* represent mid-market interbank dealing rates.
* subject of agreement between buyers and sellers.
* vary according to international monetary conditions
  - daily, depending on the supply of and demand for various currencies

### rate | fatality rate:

Infant mortality
* Most infant mortality resulting from infections occurs in the first year of life.
* fatality rate
* is also high
  - higher and many babies are born prematurely having low weight
  - one of the highest in East Africa
  - at an all-time low
  - comparable to the United States
  - frighteningly common
  - generally higher than in other breeds
* is high and life expectancy is among the lowest in the Pacific
  - even though the young are carefully tended
* is higher for blacks because so many black adolescents are giving birth
  - in the capital than the rest of the country
  - likely to rise as the rate of innoculation against disease
  - most meaningful when looked at over decades
  - one of the highest in the world
* is one of the most important public-health and demographic indicators
  - solemn events a family can experience
  - perhaps the highest in the world
  - recognized as a telltale of broader health status
  - the highest in the hemisphere
* is the lowest ever
  - in the history of Chicago
  - of all the regions
  - thought to be low
  - twice as high for blacks as it is for whites
  - very low among domestic alpacas
* measures the number of deaths to children under the age of one.
* refers to the death of a live born baby within the first year of life
  - live born infant within the first year of life
* reflects the overall well-being of people.
* sensitive indicator of socioeconomic development.
* tells how many children die in infancy.
* tends to be low.