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bandwidth (countable and uncountable, plural bandwidths)
- The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
- 2010 October 30, Jim Giles, “Jammed!”, in New Scientist:
- But now is a good time to be bargaining for bandwidth, as the switch from analogue to digital television is freeing up space.
- (of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
- (networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Communications: Administration Codex entry:
- While comm buoys allow rapid transmission, there is a finite amount of bandwidth available. Given that trillions of people may be trying to pass a message through a given buoy at any one time, access to the network is parceled out on priority tiers.
- (informal) The capacity, energy or time required.[1]
- I think it's a worthy project, but I just don't have the bandwidth right now.
Translations[edit]
width of a frequency band
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width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit
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measure of data flow rate in digital networks
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