Definition of "bandwidth" []

• The numerical difference between the upper and lower frequencies of a band of electromagnetic radiation, especially an assigned range of radio frequencies. (noun)
• The amount of data that can be passed along a communications channel in a given period of time. (noun)

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• "This is because the term bandwidth is propaganda aimed towards stretching the painful process of a company with technological and consumer preferences grossly outdated."
• "I loved the late Robert Anton Wilson's use of the term "reality tunnel" and am a big believer that we are all programmed into one or another worldview, but that continual deliberate exposure to ideas outside your bandwidth is the best counter agent against this there is."
• "Your paying for this bandwidth is the least of their concerns, profitability is all that counts."