English Explanatory Dictionary

bandwidth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
  2. The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
  3. The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
  4. The capacity, energy or time required.
  5. The minimum, over all orderings of vertices of a given graph, of the length of the longest edge.

Pronunciation

/ˈbændwɪdθ/ /ˈbændwɪtθ/ En-us-bandwidth.oga

Word forms

bandwidth bandwidths

Etymology

From band + width.

Related words

bandshape broadband

Derived words

brandwidth time-bandwidth product

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 帶寬 /带宽 Chinese Mandarin: 頻帶 /频带 Chinese Mandarin: 頻寬 /频宽 Danish: båndbredde Dutch: bandbreedte Esperanto: bendlarĝo Estonian: ribalaius Finnish: kaistanleveys French: bande passante German: Bandbreite Greek: εύρος ζώνης Hungarian: sávszélesség Icelandic: bandbreidd Icelandic: bandvídd Indonesian: lebar pita Italian: larghezza di banda Japanese: 帯域幅 Korean: 대역폭 Macedonian: ширина на опсег Malay: lebar jalur Norwegian Bokmål: båndbredde Norwegian Nynorsk: bandbreidd Polish: przepustowość Portuguese: largura de banda Romanian: lărgime de bandă Russian: ширина́ полосы́ Spanish: ancho de banda Spanish: anchura de banda Swedish: bandbredd
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