bandwidth en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /ˈbændwɪdθ/
- /ˈbændwɪtθ/
Etymology
From band + width.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
But now is a good time to be bargaining for bandwidth, as the switch from analogue to digital television is freeing up space.
2010 October 30, Jim Giles, “Jammed!”, in New Scientist:
- (countable, of a signal, uncountable) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
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(countable, informal, uncountable) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
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.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Communications: Administration Codex entry:
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(countable, informal, uncountable) The capacity, energy or time required.
Kiriyenko's personal bandwidth to do so is likely limited, however, as he also oversees many of the Kremlin's internal machinations, including the veteran-focused "Time of Heroes" program.
2024 November 14, Kateryna Stepanenko, Davit Gasparyan, Nicole Wolkov, Nate Trotter, William Runkel, Olivia Gibson, Grace Mappes, Frederick W. Kagan, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 14, 2024”, in Ukraine Project, The Institute for the Study of War:Yet... rather than exploiting opportunities to their fullest, Perry uses with conviction the word "frustrated" to describe a typical approach to government with ideas: "You'll get the response 'we don't have the bandwidth to deal with that'."
2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 44:I think it's a worthy project, but I just don't have the bandwidth right now.
- (countable, uncountable) The minimum, over all orderings of vertices of a given graph, of the length of the longest edge.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bandwidths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
brandwidth · time-bandwidth product
Relateds
Translations (72)
nl bandbreedte (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · et ülekandemaht (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · pl przepustowość (width of a frequency band) · id lebar pita (width of a frequency band) · es ancho de banda (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · eo kapacito (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · ko 대역폭 (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · mk ширина на опсег (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · fr bande passante (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · cmn 頻帶 /频带 (width of a frequency band) · cmn 頻寬 /频宽 (width of a frequency band) · nb båndbredde (width of a frequency band) · id pita lebar (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · el εύρος ζώνης (width of a frequency band) · fr bande passante (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · fi kaista (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · nn bandbreidd (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · ms lebar jalur (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · ru ширина́ полосы́ (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · fr bande passante (width of a frequency band) · da båndbredde (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · eo bendlarĝo (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · mk ширина на опсег (width of a frequency band) · el εύρος ζώνης (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · ms lebar jalur (width of a frequency band) · eo bendlarĝo (width of a frequency band) · is bandbreidd (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · sv bandbredd (width of a frequency band) · fi kaistanleveys (width of a frequency band) · pt largura de banda (width of a frequency band) · he רוחב פס (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · is bandvídd (width of a frequency band) · fi siirtonopeus (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · pl przepustowość (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · es grosor de banda (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · ru ширина́ полосы́ (width of a frequency band) · pl przepustowość (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · nb båndbredde (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · el εύρος ζώνης (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · et ribalaius (width of a frequency band) · hu sávszélesség (width of a frequency band) · es ancho de banda (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · pt largura de banda (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · fi kaistanleveys (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · is bandbreidd (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · pt largura de banda (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · es anchor de banda (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · de Bandbreite (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · nb båndvidde (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · mk појасна ширина (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · de Bandbreite (width of a frequency band) · es anchura de banda (width of a frequency band) · fi kaistanleveys (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · is bandbreidd (width of a frequency band) · ko 대역폭 (width of a frequency band) · es ancho de banda (width of a frequency band) · mk ширина на опсег (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · fr débit (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · ja 帯域幅 (width of a frequency band) · ro lărgime de bandă (width of a frequency band) · cmn 帶寬 /带宽 (width of a frequency band) · nl bandbreedte (width of a frequency band) · ru пропускна́я спосо́бность (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · de Bandbreite (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · it larghezza di banda (width of a frequency band) · sv bandbredd (measure of data flow rate in digital networks) · nb båndbredde (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · nn bandbreidd (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · da båndbredde (width of a frequency band) · id lebar pita (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit) · nn bandbreidd (width of a frequency band) · da båndbredde (measure of data flow rate in digital networks)