Given the actual definition of bandwidth—i.e., the width of a band of frequencies—why is this term used to describe concepts like data transfer rates? The answe… See more

If people are accustomed to thinking of bandwidth as throughput, they may be inclined to apply the term “bandwidth” to the frequency of a digital signal—e.g., “I’m running m… See more

The term “bandwidth” is used to describe not only the rate at which data is transferred but also the rate at which it is processed. This is essentially the concept of throughp… See more

I hope that these two articles have helped you to understand the diverse, and sometimes inconsistent, ways in which the term “bandwidth” can be used to characteriz… See more