broadband
- Adjective:
- Relating to a wide band of frequencies: Describes a signal or system that uses or responds to a broad range of electromagnetic frequencies, allowing for the transmission of large amounts of data.
- Relating to high-speed internet access: Describes a telecommunications network or technology that provides high-speed, always-on internet connection by dividing and sharing bandwidth for multiple data signals (like voice, data, and video) simultaneously.
- Adjective:
- The new modem supports a broadband connection, so we can stream movies without buffering.
- A broadband antenna is essential for receiving signals from a wide range of channels.
- The government's initiative aims to provide broadband access to every rural household.
"Broadband penetration": A term used in economics and technology to describe the extent of adoption of high-speed internet access within a population or area.
- The country's high broadband penetration has fueled its digital economy growth.
"Broadband spectrum": Refers to the wide range of radio frequencies allocated for high-speed wireless communications.
- The auction for the new broadband spectrum attracted many telecom companies.
Broadbanding (noun): A human resources practice of reducing the number of salary grades and ranges into broader bands.
- The company implemented broadbanding to create more flexible career paths.(Note: This is a distinct, specialized term not directly related to telecommunications.)
Broadbanded (adjective): Can describe something marked with broad bands, but this is unrelated to the primary telecommunications meaning.
- High-speed (when referring to internet): e.g., high-speed internet.
- Wideband: Often used in technical contexts to describe signals or systems with a wide bandwidth.
"Broadband network": A communications network designed for high-speed data transmission.
- The city is investing in a municipal broadband network.
"Broadband provider": A company that supplies high-speed internet access services.
- I need to call my broadband provider to report an outage.
"Broadband plan": A subscription package offered by an internet service provider detailing speed, data limits, and price.
- They upgraded to a broadband plan with higher download speeds.
- responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies
- a broadband antenna
- of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video)