sampling rate

number of sound samples per second which a sound card can receive or put out

The sampling rate, sample rate, or sampling frequency defines the number of samples per second (or per other unit) taken from a continuous signal to make a discrete signal. For time-domain signals, it can be measured in hertz (Hz). The inverse of the sampling frequency is the sampling period or sampling interval, which is the time between samples.
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Noun
1. (telecommunication) the frequency of sampling per unit time
(hypernym) rate
(hyponym) Nyquist rate
(classification) telecommunication, telecom

The number of samples taken per unit time, i.e., the rate at which signals are sampled for subsequent use, such as for modulation, coding, and quantization. Deprecated synonym sampling frequency. (188 )