BANDWIDTH

bandwidth

(noun) a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bandwidth (countable and uncountable, plural bandwidths)

The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.

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.

(informal) The capacity, energy or time required.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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