broadband definition

broadband

Digital communication technology in which (in contrast to baseband) the bandwidth (data carrying capacity) of a single medium such as a wire, cable, or channel is divided into several independent pathways. Using techniques such as frequency division multiplexing, broadband enables fast (45 Megabits per second or more) and simultaneous transmission of different signals (data, audio, video), and interconnection of different devices on a network.

broadband is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks, Information Science & Technology and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.

broadband appears in the definitions of the following terms: universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), narrowband, integrated services digital network (ISDN), baseband and coaxial cable (Coax)

broadband appears in these other terms: broadbanding, broadband digital subscriber line (BDSL)

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