BROADBAND
Dictionary entry overview: What does broadband mean? • BROADBAND (adjective)
The adjective BROADBAND has 2 senses:
1. 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)
2. responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies
Familiarity information: BROADBAND used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BROADBAND (adjective)
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
network ((electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits)
Meaning:
Responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
wideband; broadband
Context example:
a broadband antenna
Pertainym:
frequency band (a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals))
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