4G
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Telecommunications, Digital Technology.
fourth-generation: pertaining to or being a mobile device or communications technology that supports much faster data-transfer speeds than the previous version.
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Origin of 4G
First recorded in 2005–10
Words nearby 4G
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British Dictionary definitions for 4G
4G
abbreviation for
fourth generation: a stage in mobile phone technology when data can be provided more quickly and on broader bandwidths than previously
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