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bandwidth
[ band-width, -with ]
noun
- Telecommunications. the smallest range of frequencies constituting a band within which a particular signal can be transmitted without distortion.
- Digital Technology. the transmission capacity of an electronic communications device or system; the speed of data transfer:
a high-bandwidth internet connection.
- mental capacity; intelligence:
Don't listen to him—he has really low bandwidth.
- a person's capacity to handle or think about more than one thing at the same time:
He doesn't have the bandwidth to make those kinds of decisions.
bandwidth
/ ˈæԻˌɪθ /
noun
- the range of frequencies within a given waveband used for a particular transmission
- the range of frequencies over which a receiver or amplifier should not differ by more than a specified amount
- the range of frequencies used in a specific telecommunications signal
bandwidth
/ ăԻ′ĭٳ′,-ĭٳ′ /
- The numerical difference between the upper and lower frequencies of a band of electromagnetic radiation, especially an assigned range of radio frequencies.
- The amount of data that can be passed along a communications channel in a given period of time. For analog devices, such as standard telephones, bandwith is the range of frequencies that can be transmitted and is expressed in hertz (cycles per second). For digital devices, bandwidth is measured in bits per second. The wider the bandwidth, the faster data can be sent.
bandwidth
- The amount of data that can be carried by a digital communication medium, often expressed in hertz .
Notes
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bandwidth1
Example Sentences
On Feb. 21, she captioned a photo, “Caregivers don’t have the bandwidth to make another decision — so take it off their plate. Tell them what you can do. It will make all the difference.”
“Part of my strength is I know my weaknesses … I don’t have the bandwidth to approach that yet.”
“Find a better provider that can actually handle the bandwidth.”
Domingo: I think I have a limited bandwidth for a lot of —
"All that spare capacity and bandwidth has been taken up talking about something that may or may not happen."
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