[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bandwidth \band"width`\ n.
   the maximum rate of information transfer measured in
   bits/second that can be carried by a communication channel.
   "the bandwidth of an analog telephone line is less than 100
   kilobits per second."
   wordnet 1.5

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bandwidth
     n : a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information
         bits/second that can be transmitted along a channel

[3] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

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; see also brainwidth. 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.


see also:
low-bandwidth brainwidth usenet 

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

bandwidth
     
         the difference between the highest and lowest
        frequencies of a transmission channel the width of its
        allocated band of frequencies.
     
        the term is often used erroneously to mean data rate or
        capacity - the amount of data that is, or can be, sent
        through a given communications circuit per second.
     
        how is data capacity related to bandwidth?
     
        jargon file
     
        2001-04-24
     
     
see also:
data rate data jargon file 

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