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Glossary of Data Communications Terms
Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.
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Term:
broadband
Definition:
a communications channel having a bandwidth characterized
by high data transmission speeds (10,000 to 500,000 bits
per second). Often used when describing communications
systems based on cable television technology. In the 802
standards, a system whereby information is encoded,
modulated onto a carrier, and band-pass filtered or
otherwise constrained to occupy only a limited frequency
spectrum on the coaxial transmission medium. Many
information signals can be present on the medium at the
same time without disruption provided that they all occupy
nonoverlapping frequency regions within the cable system's
range of frequency transport.
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