broadband

English

Etymology

From broad +‎ band.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɔːdbænd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɔdbænd/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑdbænd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːdbænd
• Hyphenation: broad‧band

Noun

broadband (usually uncountable, plural broadbands)

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

Derived terms

• voice over broadband

Translations

wide band of electromagnetic frequencies

• Catalan: banda ampla f
• 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
• Spanish: banda ancha f

high-capacity internet connection

• Arabic: نِطَاق اَلْعَرِيض m (niṭāq al-ʕarīḍ), وَاسِع اَلنِّطَاق m (wāsiʕ an-niṭāq)
• Azerbaijani: genişzolaqlı ötürmə
• 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

Adjective

broadband (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• nonbroadband
• prebroadband

 

Related terms

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

See also

• bandwidth
• cable modem
• DSL
• ADSL