bandwidth
pronunciation
How to pronounce bandwidth in British English:
UK [ˈbændwɪdθ]
How to pronounce bandwidth in American English:
US [ˈbændˌwɪdθ, -ˌwɪθ]
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- Noun:
- a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel
Word Origin
- bandwidth (n.)
- 1930, in electronics, from band (n.1) + width.
Example
- 1. Subscribers may choose among three levels of bandwidth usage .
- 2. Prices plummeted and bandwidth exploded .
- 3. Adding bandwidth does not solve the problem .
- 4. Wavebands matter less than bandwidth .
- 5. It doubled the fibre 's bandwidth .