broadband

English

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Adjective

broadband (comparative more broadband, superlative most broadband)

1. (telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies

Noun

broadband (usually uncountable; plural broadbands)

1. (telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies
2. (Internet) An internet connection with a much larger capacity than dial-up or ISDN.

Translations

wide band of electromagnetic frequencies

Finnish: laajakaista (fi)

Greek: ευρυζωνικός (el) (evrizonikós) m.

high-capacity internet connection

Arabic: نطاق العريض (ar) (niTaaq al-3ariiD) m., واسع النطاق (ar) (waasi3 al-niTaaq) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 寬帶 (cmn), 宽带 (cmn) (kuāndài) Danish: bredbånd (da) Dutch: breedband (nl) c. Estonian: lairiba (et) Finnish: laajakaistayhteys (fi) German: Breitband Greek: ευρυζωνικός (el) (evrizonikós) m. Japanese: ブロードバンド (ja) (burōdobando)

Korean: 광대역 (ko) (gwangdaeyeog) Macedonian: широкопојасна врска (mk) (širokopójasna v'rska) f., широкопојасна линија (mk) (širokopójasna línija) f. Norwegian: Bredbånd (no) Russian: широкополосная передача (ru) (širokopolósnaja peredáča) f., бродбэнд (ru) (bródbend) m. Scottish Gaelic: bann-leathann (gd) m. Spanish: banda ancha f. Swedish: bredband (sv) n. Welsh: band llydan (cy)

See also

• bandwidth
• DSL
• ADSL
• cable modem