Bandwidth?

[CharlesW]

There was a reference made to "a waste of bandwidth" on another site recently. Made me wonder:
1. What is this bandwidth?
2. How can it be wasted?
3. Is it in limited supply like our oil?
4. Will we run out of bandwidth anytime soon?
5. Shld we b cncrnd enuf 2 use shrtr wrds and abbreviations?
6. If DC has this problem, maybe if everyone stopped posting for one 24 hour period we could make a difference. You know, like the "Don`t buy gas next Monday" thing. If they hadn`t done that gas would probably be $2 a gallon or maybe even more.:D

Charles
Hey, the high today was 19 degrees and we have 1 or 2 inches of snow on the ground. Makes me a little :crazy

[rabbi]

Obviously,Rainmaker! LOL!

[AutopiaAdmin]

The range of frequencies, expressed in Kilobits per second, that can pass over a given data transmission channel within a frame relay network. The bandwidth determines the rate at which information can be sent through a channel - the greater the bandwidth, the more information that can be sent in a given amount of time. Usually measured in bits-per-second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A 56Kbs modem can easily move 16,000 bits in less than one second.
www.expanded-systems.com/data_communications_glossary.htm


How much stuff you can send through a connection. Usually measured in bits-per-second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A fast modem can move about 57,000 bits in one second. Full-motion full-screen video would require roughly 10,000,000 bits-per-second, depending on compression. See also: Bit, bps, T-1
www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html


The amount of data that can be sent from one computer to another through a particular connection in a certain amount of time. The more bandwidth available, the faster you are able to access information. Most Americans, for example, connect to the Internet from home using modems that can transmit 56 kilobytes per second (kbps). House and Senate offices in Washington, D.C. connect to the Internet with connections that can transmit 1.544 megabytes (1,581 kilobytes) per second -- about the highest bandwidth currently available. Back to top
www.congressonlineproject.org/glossary.html


The maximum amount of data that can travel a communications path in a given time, usually measured in bits per second. If you think of the communications path as a pipe, then bandwidth represents the width of the pipe that determines how much data can flow through it all at once.
www.wmo.ch/web/www/WDM/Guides/Internet-glossary.html


The width or capacity of a communications channel. Analogue bandwidth is measured in Hertz (Hz) or cycles per second. Digital bandwidth is the amount or volume of data that may be sent through a channel, measured in bits per second, without distortion. Bandwidth should not be confused with the term "band", such as a wireless phone that operates on the 800 MHz band. Bandwidth is the space it occupies on that band. The relative importance of bandwidth in wireless communications is that the size, or bandwidth, of a channel will impact transmission speed. Lots of data flowing through a narrow channel takes longer than the same amount of data flowing through a broader channel. Back to the top.
www.telestial.com/glossary.htm


A measurement of the amount of data that can be transmitted over a network at any given time. The higher the network`s bandwidth, the greater the volume of data that can be transmitted.
www.oit.ohio-state.edu/glossary/


The rate at which you can send or receive information through your connection to the Internet. The range of transmission frequencies a network can use. The greater the bandwidth the more information that can be transferred over that network at one time. The term bandwidth also broadly includes throughput, meaning the amount of data sent
www.ircbeginner.com/opvinfo/webglossary.html


The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies available for network signals. The term is also used to describe the rated throughput capacity of a given network medium or protocol. In short, bandwidth is a loose term used to describe the throughput capacity (measured in Kilobits or Megabits per second) of a specific circuit. See Also: 56k Line ,-->Bps , Bit , T-1, OC-3.
1001resources.com/hosting/glossary.html


The rate at which information travels through a network connection, usually measured in bits per second, kilobits (thousand bits) per second, or megabits (million bits) per second.
www.getnetwise.org/glossary.php


In electrical transmission systems, the range between the highest and lowest frequencies of a transmission channel. A measure of the information capacity of the transmission channel. Bandwidth varies with the type and method of transmission. Bandwidth is measured in Hertz (Hz, cycles per second).
www.rvcomp.com/wiring/EIA/glossary.htm


How much stuff you can send through a connection. Usually measured in bits-per-second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A fast modem can move about 15,000 bits in one second. Full-motion full-screen video would require roughly 10,000,000 bits-per-second, depending on compression. See Also: 56k Line, Bps, Bit, T-1
www.netbenefit.com/support_glossary.html


The amount of data that can be sent through a particular point in a connection. It`s generally measured in bits per second (bps). The more bandwidth available, typically the greater amount of data that can be transferred per second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. Bandwidth can also be thought of as the information-carrying capability of a particular television channel. In PAL systems, the bandwidth limits the maximum visible frequency to 5.5 MHz, in NTSC, 4.2 MHz. Microsoft MSNTV (formerly Microsoft WebTV) and AOLTV use the back channel exclusively (which is the connection via the phone line) as it uses the TV set only to view the Web through.
www.itvdictionary.com/broadband.htm


In communications, the difference between the highest and the lowest frequencies available for transmission in any given range. In networking, the transmission capacity of a computer or a communications channel, stated in megabits or megabytes per second; the higher the number, the faster the data transmission takes place. Bandwidth in a medium can be used in two ways. When the entire bandwidth is devoted to a single data signal, the cable is operating in baseband mode. When the bandwidth of a medium is used to carry several independent signals, the medium is operating in broadband mode. Cable TV is an example of broadband signaling.
www.angelfire.com/ny3/diGi8tech/BGlossary.html


A very diminishing natural resource... bandwidth is a measure of the amount of data passing through a network at a given time. Things like huge images on web pages and needless questions posted to Usenet newsgroups waste bandwidth which could be better utilized for transferring information.
www.htmlhelp.com/glossary/


This is a reflection of the size or the capacity of a given transmission channel. In digital transmission, bandwidth is normally described in bits per second.
www.mminternet.com/dsl/glossary.htm


The volume of data that the transmission line can carry. Telephone lines have the lowest bandwidth. Fiber optics have the highest bandwidth. Bandwidth is usually measured in the number of bits that can be transmitted is a second, i.e., Mbps.
www.conxion.com/technology/glossary.asp


1. The difference in height between the highest and lowest frequencies.. 2. A measure of the amount of data that can be transmitted through a circuit per unit of time (second).
knight.city.ba.k12.md.us/ib/glossary.htm


Bandwidth is the capacity that a telecommunications medium has for carrying data. For analog or voice communication, bandwidth is measured in the difference between the upper and lower transmission frequencies expressed in cycles per second, or hertz(Hz). For digital communication, bandwidth and transmission speed are usually treated a synonyms and measured in bits per second.
www.course.com/careers/glossary/internet.cfm


How much stuff you can send through a connection. Usually measured in bits-per-second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A fast modem can move about 15,000 bits in one second. Full-motion full-screen video would require roughly 10,000,000 bits-per-second, depending on compression. Some points have narrow bandwidth (indicating not much information can flow through at one time), and others have high bandwidth (indicating a great deal of information can flow through at one time). This term is commonly used in reference to "wasted bandwidth," indicating that some (or most) of the information flowing by a point is of no use to a user. "Wasted bandwidth" might include overloading a site`s network connection (thus curtailing other users` use of the lines) or including lengthy signature files in Usenet postings or discussion groups. "Wasted bandwidth" is often relative: What one person views as wasteful might be essential to someone else.
support.airmail.net/faq/glossary_al.php


This is the range of signal frequencies that can be carried on a communications channel. While this indicates the channels information carrying capacity, it is more commonly expressed in bits per second (bps), or mega (million) bits per second (Mbps). When one says bandwidth increases, one means that network capacity and perhaps speed has gone up.
www.nacs.uci.edu/communication/plans/network-glossary.html


(n.) A measure of the volume of information that can be transmitted over a communications link. Technically, bandwidth refers to the width of the frequency spectrum available on a certain technology. Informally, it describes the number of bits per second a network can deliver.
docs.sun.com/db/doc/805-4368/6j450e60b


A Term used to describe how much data you can send through a connection to the Net. The transmission capacity of a given medium, in terms of how much data the medium can transmit in a given amount of time. The greater the bandwidth, the faster the rate of data transmission. Information carrying capacity of a communication channel.
www.mantex.co.uk/samples/glo.htm


Specifically, the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies supported by a data transmitting system. However, generally used to refer to the speed and/or capacity of a transmission system. Cable TV (coaxial cable) has a higher bandwidth than twisted pair (telephone lines.) A network with greater bandwidth is like a plumbing system with bigger pipes.
www.oznet.ksu.edu/ed_asi490/Glossary/cgw.htm


Describes how much data you can send through an Internet connection. Usually measured in bits-per-second. As a rule , increased bandwidth equals faster Internet connections. See Also: Leased Line, ISDN Go to top
www.easynet.com/investorinfo/investorinfo_glossary.asp


A measure of the information capacity in the frequency domain. The greater the bandwidth, the more information it can carry. For example, television signals require a bandwidth of 3 million hertz, while telephone conversation needs only 3,000 hertz.
www.pbs.org/als/satsupport/glossary.htm


a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

Simply put, no need to be a bandwidth miser at Detail City. I don`t skimp when it comes to my servers. We have a really nice uptime percentage and LOTS of room to grow. :bigups

Dwayne

[CharlesW]

The range of frequencies, expressed in Kilobits per second, that can pass over a given data transmission channel within a frame relay network. The bandwidth determines the rate at which information can be sent through a channel - the greater the bandwidth, the more information that can be sent in a given amount of time. Usually measured in bits-per-second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A 56Kbs modem can easily move 16,000 bits in less than one second.
www.expanded-systems.com/data_communications_glossary.htm


How much stuff you can send through a connection. Usually measured in bits-per-second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A fast modem can move about 57,000 bits in one second. Full-motion full-screen video would require roughly 10,000,000 bits-per-second, depending on compression. See also: Bit, bps, T-1
www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html


The amount of data that can be sent from one computer to another through a particular connection in a certain amount of time. The more bandwidth available, the faster you are able to access information. Most Americans, for example, connect to the Internet from home using modems that can transmit 56 kilobytes per second (kbps). House and Senate offices in Washington, D.C. connect to the Internet with connections that can transmit 1.544 megabytes (1,581 kilobytes) per second -- about the highest bandwidth currently available. Back to top
www.congressonlineproject.org/glossary.html


The maximum amount of data that can travel a communications path in a given time, usually measured in bits per second. If you think of the communications path as a pipe, then bandwidth represents the width of the pipe that determines how much data can flow through it all at once.
www.wmo.ch/web/www/WDM/Guides/Internet-glossary.html


The width or capacity of a communications channel. Analogue bandwidth is measured in Hertz (Hz) or cycles per second. Digital bandwidth is the amount or volume of data that may be sent through a channel, measured in bits per second, without distortion. Bandwidth should not be confused with the term "band", such as a wireless phone that operates on the 800 MHz band. Bandwidth is the space it occupies on that band. The relative importance of bandwidth in wireless communications is that the size, or bandwidth, of a channel will impact transmission speed. Lots of data flowing through a narrow channel takes longer than the same amount of data flowing through a broader channel. Back to the top.
www.telestial.com/glossary.htm


A measurement of the amount of data that can be transmitted over a network at any given time. The higher the network`s bandwidth, the greater the volume of data that can be transmitted.
www.oit.ohio-state.edu/glossary/


The rate at which you can send or receive information through your connection to the Internet. The range of transmission frequencies a network can use. The greater the bandwidth the more information that can be transferred over that network at one time. The term bandwidth also broadly includes throughput, meaning the amount of data sent
www.ircbeginner.com/opvinfo/webglossary.html


The difference between the highest and lowest frequencies available for network signals. The term is also used to describe the rated throughput capacity of a given network medium or protocol. In short, bandwidth is a loose term used to describe the throughput capacity (measured in Kilobits or Megabits per second) of a specific circuit. See Also: 56k Line ,-->Bps , Bit , T-1, OC-3.
1001resources.com/hosting/glossary.html


The rate at which information travels through a network connection, usually measured in bits per second, kilobits (thousand bits) per second, or megabits (million bits) per second.
www.getnetwise.org/glossary.php


In electrical transmission systems, the range between the highest and lowest frequencies of a transmission channel. A measure of the information capacity of the transmission channel. Bandwidth varies with the type and method of transmission. Bandwidth is measured in Hertz (Hz, cycles per second).
www.rvcomp.com/wiring/EIA/glossary.htm


How much stuff you can send through a connection. Usually measured in bits-per-second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A fast modem can move about 15,000 bits in one second. Full-motion full-screen video would require roughly 10,000,000 bits-per-second, depending on compression. See Also: 56k Line, Bps, Bit, T-1
www.netbenefit.com/support_glossary.html


The amount of data that can be sent through a particular point in a connection. It`s generally measured in bits per second (bps). The more bandwidth available, typically the greater amount of data that can be transferred per second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. Bandwidth can also be thought of as the information-carrying capability of a particular television channel. In PAL systems, the bandwidth limits the maximum visible frequency to 5.5 MHz, in NTSC, 4.2 MHz. Microsoft MSNTV (formerly Microsoft WebTV) and AOLTV use the back channel exclusively (which is the connection via the phone line) as it uses the TV set only to view the Web through.
www.itvdictionary.com/broadband.htm


In communications, the difference between the highest and the lowest frequencies available for transmission in any given range. In networking, the transmission capacity of a computer or a communications channel, stated in megabits or megabytes per second; the higher the number, the faster the data transmission takes place. Bandwidth in a medium can be used in two ways. When the entire bandwidth is devoted to a single data signal, the cable is operating in baseband mode. When the bandwidth of a medium is used to carry several independent signals, the medium is operating in broadband mode. Cable TV is an example of broadband signaling.
www.angelfire.com/ny3/diGi8tech/BGlossary.html


A very diminishing natural resource... bandwidth is a measure of the amount of data passing through a network at a given time. Things like huge images on web pages and needless questions posted to Usenet newsgroups waste bandwidth which could be better utilized for transferring information.
www.htmlhelp.com/glossary/


This is a reflection of the size or the capacity of a given transmission channel. In digital transmission, bandwidth is normally described in bits per second.
www.mminternet.com/dsl/glossary.htm


The volume of data that the transmission line can carry. Telephone lines have the lowest bandwidth. Fiber optics have the highest bandwidth. Bandwidth is usually measured in the number of bits that can be transmitted is a second, i.e., Mbps.
www.conxion.com/technology/glossary.asp


1. The difference in height between the highest and lowest frequencies.. 2. A measure of the amount of data that can be transmitted through a circuit per unit of time (second).
knight.city.ba.k12.md.us/ib/glossary.htm


Bandwidth is the capacity that a telecommunications medium has for carrying data. For analog or voice communication, bandwidth is measured in the difference between the upper and lower transmission frequencies expressed in cycles per second, or hertz(Hz). For digital communication, bandwidth and transmission speed are usually treated a synonyms and measured in bits per second.
www.course.com/careers/glossary/internet.cfm


How much stuff you can send through a connection. Usually measured in bits-per-second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A fast modem can move about 15,000 bits in one second. Full-motion full-screen video would require roughly 10,000,000 bits-per-second, depending on compression. Some points have narrow bandwidth (indicating not much information can flow through at one time), and others have high bandwidth (indicating a great deal of information can flow through at one time). This term is commonly used in reference to "wasted bandwidth," indicating that some (or most) of the information flowing by a point is of no use to a user. "Wasted bandwidth" might include overloading a site`s network connection (thus curtailing other users` use of the lines) or including lengthy signature files in Usenet postings or discussion groups. "Wasted bandwidth" is often relative: What one person views as wasteful might be essential to someone else.
support.airmail.net/faq/glossary_al.php


This is the range of signal frequencies that can be carried on a communications channel. While this indicates the channels information carrying capacity, it is more commonly expressed in bits per second (bps), or mega (million) bits per second (Mbps). When one says bandwidth increases, one means that network capacity and perhaps speed has gone up.
www.nacs.uci.edu/communication/plans/network-glossary.html


(n.) A measure of the volume of information that can be transmitted over a communications link. Technically, bandwidth refers to the width of the frequency spectrum available on a certain technology. Informally, it describes the number of bits per second a network can deliver.
docs.sun.com/db/doc/805-4368/6j450e60b


A Term used to describe how much data you can send through a connection to the Net. The transmission capacity of a given medium, in terms of how much data the medium can transmit in a given amount of time. The greater the bandwidth, the faster the rate of data transmission. Information carrying capacity of a communication channel.
www.mantex.co.uk/samples/glo.htm


Specifically, the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies supported by a data transmitting system. However, generally used to refer to the speed and/or capacity of a transmission system. Cable TV (coaxial cable) has a higher bandwidth than twisted pair (telephone lines.) A network with greater bandwidth is like a plumbing system with bigger pipes.
www.oznet.ksu.edu/ed_asi490/Glossary/cgw.htm


Describes how much data you can send through an Internet connection. Usually measured in bits-per-second. As a rule , increased bandwidth equals faster Internet connections. See Also: Leased Line, ISDN Go to top
www.easynet.com/investorinfo/investorinfo_glossary.asp


A measure of the information capacity in the frequency domain. The greater the bandwidth, the more information it can carry. For example, television signals require a bandwidth of 3 million hertz, while telephone conversation needs only 3,000 hertz.
www.pbs.org/als/satsupport/glossary.htm


a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

Simply put, no need to be a bandwidth miser at Detail City. I don`t skimp when it comes to my servers. We have a really nice uptime percentage and LOTS of room to grow. :bigups

DwayneO.K.
Thanks,
Charles