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Transactions Per Second (TPS) – ISTQB Definition
Last Updated: July 12, 2026 · SoftwareTestPilot QA Team
Official ISTQB Definition
A performance metric measuring the number of transactions a system processes per second.
In simple words
How many transactions the system handles each second.
Exam tip
TPS is a throughput synonym in business-transaction contexts.
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