A bandwidth is the range of frequencies used for a particular telecommunications signal, radio transmission, or computer network.
bandwidth in British English
(ˈbændˌwɪdθ)
noun
1.
the range of frequencies within a given waveband used for a particular transmission
2.
the range of frequencies over which a receiver or amplifier should not differ by more than a specified amount
3.
the range of frequencies used in a specific telecommunications signal
4. informal
resources that allow one to negotiate a particular situation
bandwidth in American English
(ˈbændˌwɪdθ; bændˌwɪtθ)
noun
1.
the range of frequencies within a radiation band required to transmit a particular signal
2. Computing
the rate at which information can be transmitted along or to an electronic communications line, device, etc.
bandwidth in Electrical Engineering
(bændwɪdθ) or BW
noun
(Electrical engineering: Communication)
Bandwidth is the range of frequencies, or information, that a circuit can handle or the range of frequencies that a signal contains or occupies.
COLLOCATIONS: low ~high ~
Bandwidth is the width of the range of frequencies that an electronic signal uses on a giventransmission medium.
Since the frequency of a signal is measured in hertz, a given bandwidth is the difference in hertz between the highest frequency the signal uses and thelowest frequency it uses.
Bandwidth is the range of frequencies, or information, that a circuit can handle or the rangeof frequencies that a signal contains or occupies.
Examples of 'bandwidth' in a sentence
bandwidth
I discover new source of bandwidth, forbidden information channels, not truly radiation at all, unknown until now.
Greg Bear DEAD LINES (2004)
In other languages
bandwidth
British English: bandwidth NOUN
A bandwidth is the range of frequencies used for a particular telecommunications signal, radio transmission, or computer network.
To cope with this amount of data, the system will need a bandwidth of around 100MHz.