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bandwidth
[band-width, -with]
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.
bandwidth
/ ˈæԻˌɪθ /
noun
the range of frequencies within a given waveband used for a particular transmission
the range of frequencies over which a receiver or amplifier should not differ by more than a specified amount
the range of frequencies used in a specific telecommunications signal
bandwidth
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.
bandwidth
The amount of data that can be carried by a digital communication medium, often expressed in hertz.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bandwidth1
Example Sentences
“People don’t have the bandwidth to respond with the kind of outrage that they would when you saw the beatings at Pan Pacific Park,” said Abdullah, referring to the LAPD’s response to protests in 2020.
Your friend may simply have limited bandwidth at that moment, “or perhaps the person doing the venting is turning a large percentage of the interactions into venting,” says Baggett.
We didn’t have the bandwidth for the feeding frenzy, and we figured we would find a rental house later, down the road.
On Feb. 21, she captioned a photo, “Caregivers don’t have the bandwidth to make another decision — so take it off their plate. Tell them what you can do. It will make all the difference.”
“Part of my strength is I know my weaknesses … I don’t have the bandwidth to approach that yet.”
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