bandwidth

band +‎ width

• IPA^(key): /ˈbændwɪdθ/, /ˈbændwɪtθ/

bandwidth (countable and uncountable, plural bandwidths)

1. The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
   • 2010 October 30, Jim Giles, Jammed!, in New Scientist,

     But now is a good time to be bargaining for bandwidth, as the switch from analogue to digital television is freeing up space.

2. Of a signal, the width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
3. (networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
4. (informal) The capacity, energy or time required.[1]

   I think it's a worthy project, but I just don't have the bandwidth right now.

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