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bandwidth
bandwidth /n./ 1. Used by hackers (in a generalization of its
technical meaning) as the volume of information per unit time that
a computer, person, or transmission medium can handle. "Those are
amazing graphics, but I missed some of the detail -- not enough
bandwidth, I guess." Compare low-bandwidth. 2. Attention
span. 3. On Usenet, a measure of network capacity that is
often wasted by people complaining about how items posted by others
are a waste of bandwidth.
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