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prebroadband

prebroadband adjective: before the introduction of broadband Internet access.

Adjective

prebroadband (not comparable)

  1. Before the introduction of broadband Internet access.
    • For the past few months, BlueLight.com has not launched any videos during the sign-in process—perhaps it was only a prebroadband test that focus group consumers rejected. As a marketer, I thought it was brilliant.2001, Bill Carmody, Online Promotions: Winning Strategies and Tactics, page 256
    • It was an early precursor to Pandora; it was a personalized music service for a prebroadband era. But when Amazon launched in 1995, everything changed.2012, Eli Pariser, The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding from You

Origin of prebroadband

From pre- + broadband.

Questions about prebroadband

What does prebroadband mean?
Prebroadband means before the introduction of broadband Internet access.
What part of speech is prebroadband?
Prebroadband is an adjective.

Words near prebroadband in the dictionary

  1. prebreeder
  2. prebreeders
  3. prebreeding
  4. prebridal
  5. prebriefed
  6. prebroadband
  7. prebroadcast
  8. prebroadcasting
  9. prebroke
  10. prebroken
  11. prebronchial

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