2006-10-11 16:15:54 · 6 answers · asked by Pam 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I don't mean just by Kilobits or Megabits per second. What does this concept (bandwidth) mean? How can we measure it?
2006-10-11 16:24:55 · update #1
I have always wondered this! Since everyone else is ignoring your request for *concept,* I looked around for you.
Definition: Bandwidth: How much stuff you can send through a connection. Usually measured in bits-per-second. A full page of English text is about 16,000 bits. A fast modem can move about 57,000 bits in one second. Full-motion full-screen video would require roughly 10,000,000 bits-per-second, depending on compression. http://linux.about.com/cs/linux101/g/Bandwidth.htm
- 1) In electronic communication, bandwidth is the width of the range (or band) of frequencies that an electronic signal uses on a given transmission medium. In this usage, bandwidth is expressed in terms of the difference between the highest-frequency signal component and the lowest-frequency signal component. Since the frequency of a signal is measured in hertz (the number of cycles of change per second), a given bandwidth is the difference in hertz between the highest frequency the signal uses and the lowest frequency it uses. A typical voice signal has a bandwidth of approximately three kilohertz (3 kHz); an analog television (TV) broadcast video signal has a bandwidth of six megahertz (6 MHz) -- some 2,000 times as wide as the voice signal. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci211634,00.html
Hope this helps ;)
2006-10-11 16:53:37 · answer #1 · answered by tagi_65 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kilobits or Megabits per second. Good question. And it puts me into level 4 Thank you.
2006-10-11 23:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by Dorkboy 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Kilobits per second!
2006-10-11 23:19:17 · answer #3 · answered by Nikolas S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bandwith is a measurement of how much usage, someone is or can use (when refering to internet usage)
for example ..... If you are using dial up at 56K .... you will get up to 56,000 bytes per second of information.
If you have a high speed cable internet connection at 1.5M .... you will get 1,500,000 bytes per second of information.
Bandwith is measured in amount of information per second.
2006-10-11 23:50:44 · answer #4 · answered by colinh33 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bandwith is the amount of data that can be sent or received during one second. They are measured in B/s (byte/sec), KB/s ...
2006-10-15 12:32:30 · answer #5 · answered by Pingi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with this
measure bandwith
test your internet speed
http://performance.toast.net/results.asp?testtype=1&loadtime=2.609
2006-10-11 23:19:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋