BroadBand

A transmission medium capable of supporting a wide range of frequencies, typically from audio up to video frequencies. It can carry multiple signals by dividing the total capacity of the medium into multiple, independent bandwidth channels, where each channel operates only on a specific range of frequencies.www.verio.com/support/files/glossary.cfm

Broadband comes from the words "broad bandwidth" and is used to describe a high-capacity, two-way link between an end user and access network suppliers capable of supporting full-motion, interactive video applications.largebande.gc.ca/pub/technologies/bbdictionary.html

Capable of handling frequencies greater than those required for high-grade voice communications.www.wgcu.org/watch/hdtv_glossaryofterms.html

Telecommunication that provides multiple channels of data over a single communications medium.www.creotec.com/index.php

Communications channel with a bandwidth broader than a voice-grade channel.www.satelliteretailers.com/glossary.html

A way of transmitting large amounts of data, voice, and video that is greater than telephony networks. In ISDN, broadband channels support rates above the primary rate (1.544 Mbps or 2.048 Mbps). (See wideband and narrowband)www.ohsu.edu/vcs/glossary/

High-speed transmission. The term is used to define the speed of communication lines or services and most commonly refers to T1 (1.544 Mbit/s) rates or better, even though the actual rate may be much lower or higher, depending on the application.www.axis.com.cn/corporate/corp/glossary_general.htm

A broad bandwidth communications channel capable of supporting high capacity ISDN services or other

integrated voice, data and video applications.www.adaptivedigital.com/services/serv_definitions.htm

(1) Transmission facility having a bandwidth greater than 20kHz; capable of high-speed data transmission. (2) Analog transmission technique used with data and video transmissions that provides multiple channels for users through frequency division multiplexing.www.sprint.com/sprint/ir/it/ig.html

A transmission method in which the networks range of transmission frequencies is divided into separate channels and each channel is used to send a different signal. Broadband is often used to send different types of signals simultaneously.www.kern-tech.net/glossary.htm

The term applied to networks having bandwidths significantly greater than that found in telephony networks. Broadband systems are capable of carrying a large number of moving images or a vast quantity of data simultaneously. Broadband techniques usually depend on coaxial or optical cable.www.mtholyoke.edu/lits/csit/vidconf/glossary.shtml

When the bandwidth of a signal is large, it can simultaneously carry many channels of information. For example, fiber optic cable has a very high bandwidth and is referred to as broadband.www.cem.uvm.edu/util/html/definitions.php

Broadband refers to communications medium that uses wide-bandwidth channels for sending and receiving large amounts of data, video or voice information.www.ultimate-cellular-phone.com/cell-phone-glossary.html

A classification of the information capacity or bandwidth of a communication channel. Broadband is generally taken to mean bandwidth higher than 2 Mbps.www.3gnewsroom.com/html/glossary/b.shtml

A term for high-speed, high-capacity Internet and data connections.allinternetnow.com/allnow/ain_terms.htm

is type of data transmission in which a single medium (wire) can carry several channels at once including voice, data and video simultaneously. It is also a general term for different types of high-speed, high-bandwidth connections to the Internet, including Cable and DSL.www.engin.com.au/public/tGlossary.asp

Sometimes referred to as a wideband transmission, broadband refers to telecommunications that provide a variety of channels and data over a single communication medium (wire). Today there are a wide variety of broadband technologies available in most areas. Two of the more commonly used technologies are cable and DSL broadband.www.tripplite.com/support/glossary/detail.cfm

A type of data transmission in which a single medium (wire) can carry several channels at once. Cable TV, for example, uses broadband transmission. In contrast, baseband transmission allows only one signal at a time.www.itweb.co.za/office/hymax/0410210500.htm

A data transmission technique allowing multiple simultaneous signals to share the bandwidth of a single physical cable.www.tjiss.net/glossary_b.html

Communications channels which use modulated carrier signals for data, like radio waves, and are therefore faster and more capacious than baseband (ie. they have a higher bandwidth). Examples are satellite and fibre optic cable systems.www.christlinks.com/glossary2.html

Data transmission of greater than 56 Kbps (kilo-bytes per second) that can carry multiple signals at once. The larger the bandwidth of a carrier, the greater the amount of information it can carry.www.satellite-tv-hq.com/telecom-glossary-b.htm

A method of transmission in which data flows from source to destination in a different form that existed at the source. Although typically referring to copper, it denotes transmission facilities capable of handling a

wide range of frequencies simultaneously, thus permitting multiple channels in data systems, rather than direct modulation.www.cetpak.com/Technical/glossary.htm

Broadband" refers to a type of network connection that supports a very high bit rate, as opposed to "narrowband," which supports a lower bit rate. The higher the bit rate, which is a measure of speed of transmission of bits per second (bps), the faster the transmission will occur in a given period of time. Deliverd via DSL or cable service, bandwidth: >128 Kilo Bits per second (KBPS). ...www.streamium.com/support/glossary.cfm

A term used to describe a channel with more bandwidth than a standard voice grade channel. Broadband channels are used to carry multiple high-speed voice and data transmissions on a common communications path.www.convergentnet.com/glossary.html

a service or system requiring transmission channels capable of supporting rates greater than the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) primary rate.www.e-ratecentral.com/resources/help/glossary/b.asp

of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video)

responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies; "a broadband antenna" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Broadband in general refers to data transmission where multiple pieces of data are sent simultaneously to increase the effective rate of transmission. In network engineering this term is used for methods where two or more signals share a medium.