broadband

[ brawd-band ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or responsive to a continuous, wide range of frequencies. Compare sharp ( def 23 ).
2. relating to or denoting a type of high-speed data transmission in which the bandwidth is shared by more than one simultaneous signal:

   Broadband internet technologies are superior to dial-up connections for streaming video.

noun

1. broadband transmission.
2. a broadband internet connection.

broadband

/ ˈbrɔːdˌbænd /

noun

1. See baseband
   a transmission technique using a wide range of frequencies that enables messages to be sent simultaneously, used in fast internet connections See also baseband

broadband

1. In communications technology, the ability to send many signals over a single cable or other such communication medium. Broadband technology allows enormous amounts of data, such as that for movie videos, to be transferred over limited information infrastructure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of broadband¹

First recorded in 1900–05; broad + band ²

Example Sentences

Cox's email told James, who pays $80 a month for broadband, that his 30Mbps upload speeds will soon be reduced to 10Mbps.

From Ars Technica

Rural health districts with shaky broadband were doing well at distribution but using paper records, instead of reporting to the state how much vaccine they had given out.

From Washington Post

The linchpin of that effort is Lifeline, part of the roughly $9 billion spent annually on initiatives that aim to boost rural broadband, fund classroom technology and aid low-income families.

From Washington Post

The pandemic’s financial strains and logistical hurdles to film in-person commercials brought the industry crashing down last year, but it was already on life support as a jaded populace lives, eats and breathes broadband.

From Ozy

More than 80 million people have only one choice for broadband at home.

From Fortune

Think advanced unmanned vehicles, all-aspect, broadband stealth, and undersea warfare.

From The Daily Beast

Neither did the technology to add broadband-active jamming to a stealth aircraft exist in 1995.

From The Daily Beast

Last year, I also pledged to connect 99 percent of our students to high-speed broadband over the next four years.

From The Daily Beast

At the urging of phone and cable lobbyists, the agency changed the way it treated broadband under the law.

From The Daily Beast

Second: the fixed broadband providers could not discriminate against legal traffic.

From The Daily Beast

Once I was close enough for secure broadband communications, I got ready to back up.

From Project Gutenberg

More broadband, and soon we will download the running athlete directly onto our monitors.

From Project Gutenberg