bandwidth

Noun

1. The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
   • But now is a good time to be bargaining for bandwidth, as the switch from analogue to digital television is freeing up space. - 2010 October 30, Jim Giles, “Jammed!”, in New Scientist:
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.
   • While comm buoys allow rapid transmission, there is a finite amount of bandwidth available. Given that trillions of people may be trying to pass a message through a given buoy at any one time, access to the network is...
4. The capacity, energy or time required.
   • I think it's a worthy project, but I just don't have the bandwidth right now.
   • 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...
   • Kiriyenko's personal bandwidth to do so is likely limited, however, as he also oversees many of the Kremlin's internal machinations, including the veteran-focused "Time of Heroes" program. - 2024 November 14, Kateryna...
5. The minimum, over all orderings of vertices of a given graph, of the length of the longest edge.