Word of the Day:
bandwidth
What It Means
The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
I think it's a worthy project, but I just don't have the bandwidth right now.
Bandwidth in Context
“Yet... rather than exploiting opportunities to their fullest, Perry uses with conviction the word "frustrated" to describe a typical approach to government with ideas: "You'll get the response 'we don't have the bandwidth to deal with that'."”
Did You Know?
From band + width.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bandwidth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the word and reformatted its meaning, examples and origin.
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