Bandwidths

/ˈbændwɪdθs/ noun

Plural of bandwidth; the range of frequencies or amount of data that can be transmitted through a communication channel at once.

From band (range of frequencies) + width, coined in telecommunications in the early 20th century. Originally described the width of a band of radio frequencies, later extended to data transmission capacity.

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