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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.

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Origin:
1925–30; band² + width

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All of these mega-trends consume enormous amounts of bandwidth.

Movie downloads have been bandwidth killers on many campus networks for a few years now.

Both stations are leaving some amount of bandwidth on the table.

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All of these mega-trends consume enormous amounts of bandwidth.

Movie downloads have been bandwidth killers on many campus networks for a few years now.

Both stations are leaving some amount of bandwidth on the table.

Open-mesh allows you to restrict the amount of your bandwidth available to your neighbors.

The days of all-you-can-eat bandwidth appear to be numbered.

Saving bandwidth by cutting internet ties of soldiers.

Duckworth noted, bandwidth and management costs for colleges and universities will also decrease in the long run.

Dropbox restrains size and bandwidth by storing differences in updated files.

No matter how much bandwidth is installed, it will be consumed.

We spend a lot of time and bandwidth using client apps and closed platforms.

But there are many ways to measure the bandwidth wealth of nations.

Officials believe faster bandwidth could mean more information transported in real time.

Second, the biggest block of bandwidth to be sold comes with novel conditions attached.

Open-mesh allows restricting the amount of bandwidth available to neighbors.

People across the planet slurped up more bandwidth than ever last year.

Otherwise, by consuming my bandwidth they are making me pay to receive their ads.

To be sure, the program has its faults: there are times when bandwidth is stressed, resolution is delayed and you're logged out.

Today the same is happening in everything from bandwidth to storage.

It might also bring the possibility of increasing bandwidth due to eliminating potential signal degradation.

In the end, the more bandwidth that becomes available to customers, the easier it becomes to develop new content offerings.

Whether such expedients will serve in the face of ever-growing demands for bandwidth remains to be seen.

Meanwhile, digital computers are increasing exponentially in processing power, memory storage and communications bandwidth.

Bandwidth is a complicated concept because it combines instantaneous bursts and continuous throughput.

Bandwidth is expensive, and many sites are thought to be losing money.

We need enough bandwidth to be able to download software, have online meetings and seminars and quickly download media.

The ability to use low bandwidth is a big selling point for them, obviously.

Take out hardware, software and bandwidth costs, and enough might be left to support two employees or so.

The combination of high bandwidth and maneuverability opens up many new options for seafloor exploration.

It can guzzle bandwidth and carriers have been hesitant to support the applications.

People are using a lot more bandwidth than they did in the past on other things-often without realising it.

The machine connections between us are accelerating in both speed and bandwidth.

However, the simple total bandwidth model is the one that's become popular.

Another much discussed issue was the question of bandwidth for mobile phone operators.

Lack of bandwidth has forced the company to abandon its plans to carry on its site videos of weddings that it has organised.

Copying costs participants both storage space and bandwidth.

Comcast is warning its customers to limit their bandwidth or face a one-year termination of service.

Budget cuts have apparently also affected bandwidth access at some schools.

The amount of bandwidth they must take up is incredible.

The lower limit of the bandwidth is zero movement which is found at a temperature of absolute zero where all movement ceases.

Gnutella relies on fat bandwidth to overcome this inefficiency.

Sometimes the issue is framed as a total bandwidth egalitarianism, when that's not really what they want.

Before construction began, the site was inlaid with raceways of fiber to generate virtually unlimited bandwidth at all points.

But video chat on these devices can be too much of a bandwidth hog.

More devices are on the home network trying to use the same bandwidth to do more.

Utilities need bandwidth and sensors and standards for different pieces to interconnect.

Another fear is that precious bandwidth will be soaked up by thirsty neighbors, and monthly access charges will skyrocket.

In practice, this meant taking ever bigger bets, such as trading telecoms bandwidth.

There is also the bandwidth problem of running things from the center.

Google paid for the final design of the stations and is covering the monthly fees for satellite bandwidth.

The bandwidth with which government is able to interact with society is key.

Normal bandwidth and usage charges apply as detailed in your service agreement with your wireless carrier.

Then there are the costs of running such a site-video requires a lot of bandwidth and storage.

Detailed usage data shows who connects, how and where they connect, and how much bandwidth they eat.

Much of the value of high bandwidth is yet to be realized, the services still aren't there.

The first is that networks will soon have access to much more bandwidth.

Politely, but firmly list the actual bandwidth speeds that you researched earlier.

Digital cable transmits digitized signals through the wires, which take up less bandwidth and provide better picture quality.

Onavo runs your incoming data through a proxy server, saving bandwidth.

The best way to avoid going over your bandwidth caps is the make sure you know exactly how much you've used.

The trick is that the router shares a part of your bandwidth on a public-facing connection.

Adjusts video quality continually to match available bandwidth.

Yes, many million more folks will have access to high bandwidth.

First, people would hit their bandwidth limits faster, degrading the perceived value of their expensive wireless plans.

Our bandwidth providers deliver more than two terabytes per day of content.

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bandwidth (ˈbændˌwɪdθ)

—n
1.	the range of frequencies within a given waveband used for a particular transmission
2.	the range of frequencies over which a receiver or amplifier should not differ by more than a specified amount
3.	the range of frequencies used in a specific telecommunications signal

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Word Origin & History

bandwidth

1930, in electronics, from band (1) + width.

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Science Dictionary

bandwidth

(bānd'wĭdth', -wĭth') Pronunciation Key

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.

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Cultural Dictionary

bandwidth definition

The amount of data that can be carried by a digital communication medium, often expressed in hertz.

Note: Within the radio and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum limited bandwidth is available, and in the United States the use of the spectrum is regulated and allocated by the FCC. (See VHF and UHF.)

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bandwidth definition

communications
The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies of a transmission channel (the width of its allocated band of frequencies).
The term is often used erroneously to mean data rate or capacity - the amount of data that is, or can be, sent through a given communications circuit per second.
[How is data capacity related to bandwidth?]
[Jargon File]
(2001-04-24)

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