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3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bandwidth n : a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: bandwidth n. 1. [common] Used by hackers (in a generalization of its technical meaning) as the volume of information per unit time that a computer, person, or transmission medium can handle. "Those are amazing graphics, but I missed some of the detail -- not enough bandwidth, I guess." Compare {low-bandwidth}. This generalized usage began to go mainstream after the Internet population explosion of 1993-1994. 2. Attention span. 3. On {Usenet}, a measure of network capacity that is often wasted by people complaining about how items posted by others are a waste of bandwidth. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: bandwidth1. The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies of a transmission channel. 2. The amount of {data} that can be sent through a given communications circuit per second 3. On {Usenet}, a measure of network capacity that is often wasted by people complaining about how items posted by others are a waste of bandwidth. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-28)
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