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Definition of Broadband

1. Adjective. 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. Adjective. Responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies. "A broadband antenna"

Definition of Broadband

1. Adjective. (telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies ¹

2. Noun. (telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies ¹

3. Noun. (Internet) An internet connection with a much larger capacity than dial-up or ISDN. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Broadband

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Broadband

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Literary usage of Broadband

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oecd Economic Surveys 2006: Luxembourg by Oecd (2006)
"broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, June 2005 25 20 15 10 I 8 5 en CC ~O -ac cc ... broadband prices per Mbit, September 2005 Source: OECD broadband ..."

2. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"The CCITT published the first standards for broadband ISDN in 1990,5 3 but the ... broadband ISDN will support the same data mix as Narrowband ISDN. ..."

3. The Telecommunications Challenge: Changing Technologies and Evolving by Charles W Wessner (2006)
"The first of these concerned the definition of broadband, and. specifically, the speed of transmission to which the term properly applied. ..."

4. OECD Information Technology Outlook: ICTs and the Information Economy by Graham Vickery (2002)
"broadband policies were covered extensively (see Box 21, and policies for the ... broadband policies The development of broadband access to the Internet is ..."

5. Oecd Communications Outlook 2003 by Oecd (2003)
"The total number of broadband and permanent connection subscribers in OECD ... At the end of 2001, there were 1 million subscribers using broadband access ..."

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