Dom Howells's definitions

bandwidth

In electronics and signalling terms it is the difference between the highest frequency component in a signal and the lowest frequency component. So called because it is the same as the width when viewed in the frequency domain or as a fourier transform.

In computing it is the throughput (transmission rate) in bits per second of a connection.

My internet connection has a bandwidth of 256Kbps.

by Dom Howells October 4, 2003