broadband

broadband

English

Etymology

broad +‎ band

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɔːdbænd/

• Audio (RP)

  (file)

Adjective

broadband (not comparable)

1. (telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies

Related terms

• band
• baseband
• hyperband
• narrowband
• ultrabroadband
• ultrawideband
• wideband

Noun

broadband (usually uncountable, plural broadbands)

1. (telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies
2. (Internet) An internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or cable modem.

Translations

wide band of electromagnetic frequencies

Finnish: laajakaista (fi) Greek: ευρεία ζώνη f (evreía zóni) Kazakh: кеңжолақты жеткізу (keñjolaqty jetkızu) Norwegian: Bokmål: bredbånd n Nynorsk: breiband n Portuguese: banda larga f

high-capacity internet connection

Arabic: نِطَاق اَلْعَرِيض‎ m (niṭāq al-ʿarīḍ), وَاسِع اَلنِّطَاق‎ m (wāsiʿ an-niṭāq) Chinese: Mandarin: 寬帶／宽带 (zh) (kuāndài) Danish: bredbånd Dutch: breedband (nl) c Estonian: lairiba Finnish: laajakaistayhteys German: Breitband n Greek: ευρυζωνική (el) f (evryzonikí) Hungarian: széles sáv Japanese: ブロードバンド (ja) (burōdobando) Korean: 광대역 (gwangdaeyeok) Macedonian: широкопојасна врска f (širokopojasna vrska), широкопојасна линија f (širokopojasna linija) Maori: aunui Norman: connexion d'laîze f Norwegian: Bokmål: bredbånd n Nynorsk: breiband n Portuguese: banda larga f Russian: широкополо́сная переда́ча f (širokopolósnaja peredáča), бро́дбэнд m (bródbɛnd) Scottish Gaelic: bann-leathann m Spanish: banda ancha f Swedish: bredband (sv) n Welsh: band llydan, band eang m

Derived terms

• voice over broadband

See also

• bandwidth
• DSL
• ADSL
• cable modem